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Ornithomimidae (ornithomimid)

Reptilia - Ornithomimidae

Taxonomy
Ornithomimidae was named by Marsh (1890). It was considered monophyletic by Currie (2000).

It was assigned to Ornithopoda by Zittel (1890); to Ornithopoda by Cannon (1890) and Marsh (1890); to Iguanodontia by Baur (1891); to Ceratosauria by Marsh (1895) and Marsh (1896); to Ornithopoda by Van Den Broeck (1900); to Goniopoda by Matthew and Brown (1922); to Megalosauroidae by Hay (1930); to Dinosauria by Rapp (1944); to Coelurosauria by Kuhn (1946) and Parsch (1963); to Coeluria by Kuhn (1966); to Coeluroidea by Tatarinov (1964) and Maleev (1968); to Coelurosauria by Huene (1929), Roxo (1937), Romer (1966), Charig (1967), Reig (1970), Bonaparte (1978), Baird and Horner (1979) and Bonaparte (1980); to Theropoda by Hay (1902), Lambe (1905), Matthew (1915), Miller (1967), Russell (1972), Langston (1974), Coulton (1976), McIntosh (1981) and Thulborn (1984); to Dinoaves by Bakker (1986); to Protoavia by Paul (1988); to Theropoda by Marsh (1892), Russell (1930) and Carroll (1988); to Coelurosauria by Huene (1920), Huene (1923), Lull (1924), Huene (1926), Huene (1927), Parks (1928), Huene (1929), Huene (1933), Stromer (1934), Huene (1948), Romer (1956), Estes (1964), Colbert (1964), Colbert and Russell (1969), Steel (1970), Swinton (1970), Osmólska et al. (1972), Ostrom (1980), Santafé et al. (1982) and Dong (1992); to Oviraptorosauria by Russell and Dong (1994); to Bullatosauria by Holtz and Padian (1995); to Coelurosauria by Gauthier and Padian (1985), Gauthier (1986), Gauthier et al. (1989), Novas (1992), Sereno et al. (1994), Currie (1995) and Sereno (1997); to Ornithomimoidea by Sereno (1999); to Theropoda by Parks (1935), Molnar (1992) and Eberth et al. (2001); to Ornithomimosauria by Barsbold (1976), Barsbold (1977), Barsbold (1981), Barsbold (1983), Russell (1984), Barsbold (1988), Chatterjee (1993), Sereno (1998), Holtz (1998), Holtz (2000), Currie (2000), Rauhut (2003), Kobayashi and Barsbold (2003), Makovicky et al. (2004), Kobayashi and Barsbold (2005), Kobayashi and Barsbold (2006), Buffetaut et al. (2009), Makovicky et al. (2010), Xu et al. (2011) and Alifanov and Saveliev (2015); and to Ornithomimosauria by Currie (1997), Hutchinson and Padian (1997), Lee et al. (2014), McFeeters et al. (2016), Claessens and Loewen (2016) and Hattori et al. (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Ornithomimidae Cannon p. 253
1890Ornithomimidae Marsh p. 85
1890Ornithomimidae Zittel p. 766
1891Ornithomimidae Baur p. 450
1892Ornithomimidae Marsh
1895Ornithomimidae Marsh
1896Ornithomimidae Marsh p. 240
1900Ornithomimidae Van Den Broeck p. 80ff
1902Ornithomimidae Hay p. 494
1905Ornithomimidae Lambe p. 48
1915Ornithomimidae Matthew p. 32
1920Ornithomimidae Huene p. 162
1922Ornithomimidae Matthew and Brown p. 378
1923Ornithomimidae Huene p. 456 fig. 3
1924Ornithomimidae Lull p. 232
1926Ornithomimidae Huene p. 98
1927Ornithomimidae Huene p. 256
1928Ornithomimidae Parks p. 3
1929Ornithomimidae Huene p. 155
1930Ornithomimidae Hay p. 181
1930Ornithomimidae Russell p. 136
1933Ornithomimidae Huene p. 64
1934Ornithomimidae Stromer p. 80
1935Ornithomimidae Parks p. 195
1937Ornithomimidae Roxo p. 65
1944Ornithomimidae Rapp p. 287
1946Ornithomimidae Kuhn p. 65
1948Ornithomimidae Huene p. 89
1956Ornithomimidae Romer p. 612
1963Ornithomimidae Parsch p. 4
1964Ornithomimidae Colbert p. 21 fig. 6
1964Ornithomimidae Estes p. 143
1964Ornithomimidae Tatarinov p. 533
1966Ornithomimidae Kuhn p. 93
1966Ornithomimidae Romer p. 369
1967Ornithomimidae Charig p. 714
1967Ornithomimidae Miller p. 232
1968Ornithomomidae Maleev p. 95
1969Ornithomimidae Colbert and Russell p. 45
1970Ornithomimidae Reig p. 279
1970Ornithomimidae Steel p. 17
1970Ornithomimidae Swinton p. 131
1972Ornithomimidae Osmólska et al. p. 105
1972Ornithomimidae Russell p. 377
1974Ornithomimidae Langston p. 82
1976Ornithomimidae Barsbold p. 74
1976Ornithomimidae Coulton p. 177
1977Ornithomimidae Barsbold p. 50
1978Ornithomimidae Bonaparte p. 321–322
1979Ornithomimidae Baird and Horner p. 9
1980Ornithomimidae Bonaparte p. 82
1980Ornithomimidae Ostrom p. 21
1981Ornithomimidae Barsbold
1981Ornithomimidae McIntosh p. 11
1982Ornithomimidae Santafé et al. p. 82
1983Ornithomimidae Barsbold p. 97
1984Ornithomimidae Russell p. 28
1984Ornithomimidae Thulborn p. 132
1985Ornithomimidae Gauthier and Padian p. 190 fig. 2
1986Ornithomimidae Bakker p. 460
1986Ornithomimidae Gauthier p. 55 fig. 9
1988Ornithomimidae Barsbold p. 124
1988Ornithomimidae Carroll
1988Ornithomimidae Paul p. 382
1989Ornithomimidae Gauthier et al. p. 348
1992Ornithomimidae Dong p. 164
1992Ornithomimidae Molnar p. 266
1992Ornithomimidae Novas p. 147
1993Ornithomimidae Chatterjee p. 282
1994Ornithomimidae Russell and Dong p. 2125
1994Ornithomimidae Sereno et al. p. 270
1995Ornithomimidae Currie p. 25A
1995Ornithomimidae Holtz, Jr. and Padian p. 35A
1997Ornithomimidae Currie p. 733
1997Ornithomimidae Hutchinson and Padian p. 129
1997Ornithomimidae Sereno p. 457
1998Ornithomimidae Holtz, Jr. p. 40
1998Ornithomimidae Sereno p. 65
1999Ornithomimidae Sereno p. 2139 fig. 2
2000Ornithomimidae Currie p. 445
2000Ornithomimidae Holtz, Jr. p. 13 fig. 5
2001Ornithomimidae Eberth et al. p. 56
2003Ornithomimidae Kobayashi and Barsbold p. 68A
2003Ornithomimidae Rauhut p. 38
2004Ornithomimidae Makovicky et al. p. 138
2005Ornithomimidae Kobayashi and Barsbold p. 119 fig. 6.11
2006Ornithomimidae Kobayashi and Barsbold p. 203
2009Ornithomimidae Buffetaut et al. pp. 238-239
2010Ornithomimidae Makovicky et al.
2011Ornithomimidae Xu et al. p. 220 fig. 9
2014Ornithomimidae Lee et al. p. 259
2015Ornithomimidae Alifanov and Saveliev p. 640
2016Ornithomimidae Claessens and Loewen p. 1
2016Ornithomimidae McFeeters et al.
2023Ornithomimidae Hattori et al. p. 12 fig. 9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
RankNameAuthor
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptoriformes
Arctometatarsalia
infraorderOrnithomimosauria
familyOrnithomimidae
familyOrnithomimidae

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. †Ornithomimidae Marsh 1890 [ornithomimid]
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G. †Aepyornithomimus Chinzorig et al. 2017
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Aepyornithomimus tugrikinensis Chinzorig et al. 2017
G. †Anserimimus Barsbold 1988
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Anserimimus planinychus Barsbold 1988
G. †Archaeornithomimus Russell 1972
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G. †Dromiceiomimus Russell 1972
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G. †Gallimimus Osmólska et al. 1972
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Gallimimus bullatus Osmólska et al. 1972
G. †Ornithomimidorum Huene 1926
G. †Ornithomimus Marsh 1890
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Ornithomimus edmontonicus Sternberg 1933
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Invalid names: Struthiomimus currellii Parks 1933 [synonym], Struthiomimus ingens Parks 1933 [synonym], Struthiomimus samueli Parks 1928 [synonym]
Ornithomimus minutus Marsh 1892
Ornithomimus tenuis Marsh 1890
Ornithomimus velox Marsh 1890
Invalid names: Ornithomimus sedens Marsh 1892 [nomen dubium]
G. †Qiupalong Xu et al. 2011
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Qiupalong henanensis Xu et al. 2011
G. †Rativates McFeeters et al. 2016
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Rativates evadens McFeeters et al. 2016
G. †Sinornithomimus Kobayashi and Lü 2003
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Sinornithomimus dongi Kobayashi and Lü 2003
G. †Struthiomimus Osborn 1916
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Struthiomimus altus Lambe 1902
G. †Tototlmimus Serrano-Brañas et al. 2016
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Tototlmimus packardensis Serrano-Brañas et al. 2016
Invalid names: Deinocheirinae Paul 1988 [empty], Garudimiminae Paul 1988 [empty], Ornithomiminae Nopcsa 1923 [empty]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
K. A. v. Zittel 1890Schädel unbekannt. Vorderbeine kurz. Hand dreizehig. Hinterbeine sehr lang. Astragalus mit langem, aufsteigendem Fortsatz. Von den drei funktionirenden Metatarsalia ist das mittlere (III) proximal verschmälert und durch die verdickten Gelenkenden der beiden anderen ganz nach hinten gedrängt.
R. S. Lull 1924The relatively small skull, with its large orbit, borne upon very long, slender cervicals, is one of the most characteristic features of this group. Limbs long and slender, with specialized manus, bearing three digits, the elongated claws of which are not strongly curved; pubic bones possessing foot-like symphysis, ischia being curbed; tibia longer than femur; metatarsals elongated and closely appressed, but remainder of foot of moderate size, with short, rather straight unguals; tail long, with distal caudals interlocked by prolonged zygapophyses.
F. v. Huene 1948Strong, pointed teeth or toothless; large preorbit; 10 cervicals, 13 dorsals, 5 sacrals; manus with 3 long fingers; pubis a little shorter than femur, with shoe-like process; tibia a little shorter than femur; astragalus with high ascending process; 3 middle toes long, bird-like, I missing, V rudimentary. Cretaceous.
R. Barsbold 1981Progressive ornithomimosaurs with elongated ilia (longer than the
pubis) and metatarsus, proximally highly compressed third metatarsal element and without the first toe (pollex). Pleurocoels are present.