Harpymimus

genus of reptiles (fossil)

Harpymimus (meaning "harpy mimic") is an ornithomimosaurian dinosaur that lived during the Early Cretaceous in Mongolia around 107-100 million years ago. It was discovered in 1981 and was named in 1984.[1] Harpymimus either belonged within its own family, Harpymimidae, or within the Deinocheiridae.[2]

Harpymimus
Temporal range: Mid-Late Albian 107–100 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Clade: Ornithomimosauria
Family: Harpymimidae
Barsbold & Perle, 1984
Genus: Harpymimus
Barsbold & Perle, 1984
Species:
H. okladnikovi
Binomial name
Harpymimus okladnikovi
Barsbold & Perle, 1984

References change

  1. Barsbold, R. and Perle, A. (1984). [On first new find of a primitive orithomimosaur from the Cretaceous of the MPR]. Paleontologicheskii zhurnal, 2: 121-123
  2. Claudia Inés Serrano-Brañas; Belinda Espinosa-Chávez; S. Augusta Maccracken; Cirene Gutiérrez-Blando; Claudio de León-Dávila; José Flores Ventura (2020). "Paraxenisaurus normalensis, a large deinocheirid ornithomimosaur from the Cerro del Pueblo Formation (Upper Cretaceous), Coahuila, Mexico". Journal of South American Earth Sciences. 101: Article 102610. Bibcode:2020JSAES.10102610S. doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2020.102610. S2CID 218968100.