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HARPYMIMUS
(har-pee-mie-mus)
meaning: "Harpy mimic"
Harpymimus
Named By: Barsbold & Perle & 1984
Time Period: Early Cretaceous, 130 Ma
Location: Mongolia - Khuren Dhuk Formation
Size: 2 meters long
Diet: Possibly omnivorous
Fossil(s): Complete but crushed skull, partial skeleton
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Saurischia | Theropoda | Ornithomimosauria |
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Harpymimus is a basal ornithomimosaurian theropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous Period of what is now Mongolia. Unlike later, more derived ornithomimosaurs, Harpymimus still possessed teeth, although they appear to have been restricted to the dentary of the lower jaw.

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