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ANSERIMIMUS
(an-ser-e-mime-us)
meaning: "Goose mimic"
Anserimimus
Named By: Rinchen Barsbold in 1988
Time Period: Late Cretaceous, 70 Ma
Location: Mongolia, Bayankhongor Province - Nemegt Formation
Size: Estimated at 3 meters long
Diet: Uncertain but possible omnivore
Fossil(s): Articulated skeleton, but skull and mandible (lower jaw) are unknown
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Saurischia | Theropoda | Ornithomimidae |
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Anserimimus ( AN-sar-i-MY-mas; "goose mimic") is a genus of ornithomimid theropod dinosaur, from the Late Cretaceous Period of what is now Mongolia. It was a lanky, fast-running animal, possibly an omnivore. From what fossils are known, it probably closely resembled other ornithomimids, except for its more powerful forelimbs.

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