Archaeornithomimus asiaticus Gilmore 1933 (ornithomimid)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Ornithomimidae

Alternative combination: Ornithomimus asiaticus

Full reference: C. W. Gilmore. 1933. On the dinosaurian fauna of the Iren Dabasu Formation. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 68(2-3):23-78

Belongs to Archaeornithomimus according to P. J. Makovicky et al. 2004

See also Alifanov and Saveliev 2015, Bronowicz 2011, Buffetaut et al. 1997, Buffetaut et al. 2009, Chao 1980, Claessens and Loewen 2016, Currie 1992, Currie 2000, Currie and Eberth 1993, Gauthier 1986, Gilmore 1933, Hunt and Quinn 2018, Ji et al. 2003, Kobayashi and Barsbold 2005, Kobayashi and Barsbold 2006, Kuhn 1939, Longrich 2008, Makovicky and Norell 1998, McFeeters et al. 2016, Nicholls and Russell 1981, Novas 1996, Osmólska et al. 1972, Paul 1988, Poropat and Kear 2013, Rauhut 2003, Rozhdestvensky 1977, Russell 1972, Ryan 1997, Smith and Galton 1990, Steel 1970, Tsuihiji et al. 2015, Turner et al. 2007, Xu et al. 2011, Young 1935, Yu and Qi 1986 and Zhao 1986

Sister taxon: Archaeornithomimus bissektensis

Type specimen: AMNH 6565, 6569. Its type locality is Kaisen Quarry, Iren Dabasu, which is in a Campanian/Campanian fluvial-lacustrine horizon in the Iren Dabasu Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-omnivore

Average measurements (in mm): femur circumference 104.5, tibia circumference 99.3

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of China (2 collections), Tajikistan (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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