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Timimus hermani

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Timimus hermani was named by Rich and Vickers-Rich (1994). Its type specimen is NMV P186303, a limb element (left femur), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dinosaur Cove East, which is in an Albian floodplain horizon in the Eumeralla Formation of Australia.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Makovicky et al. (2004); it was considered a nomen dubium by Hocknull et al. (2009) and Agnolin et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Timimus hermani Rich and Vickers-Rich p. 2
1996Timimus hermani Rich p. 715
1998Timimus hermani Kool et al. p. 6
2006Timimus hermani Scanlon p. 274
2008Timimus hermani Smith et al. p. 2085
2012Timimus hermani Benson et al. fig. 19
2017Timimus hermani Sereno p. 577

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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()
Neotheropoda
AverostraPaul 2002
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
superfamilyTyrannosauroidea
genusTimimus
specieshermani

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.

Timimus hermani Rich and Vickers-Rich 1994
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:39:15
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:39:15
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875

Age range: Early/Lower Albian or 112.03000 to 109.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Australia (Victoria) Timimus hermani (type locality: 38534)