Ornithomimoides

Ornithomimoides ("bird mimic-like") is a dubious genus of theropod dinosaur, from the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian stage, sometime between 70–66 mya) Lameta Formation of India.[1] Two species have been identified, the type species O. mobilis and O. barasimlensis, were named by von Huene in 1932[2] and were described by Matley in 1933.[3] though they are known only from isolated vertebrae. O. barasimlensis is known from five dorsal vertebrae, and O. mobilis from four smaller vertebrae, found at the same location. It is possible that, based on two reviews, published in 1999 and 2004 respectively, Ornithomimoides may have been an abelisaur, which may have measured between 6.2 metres (20 ft) and 9 metres (30 ft) in length.[4][5]

Ornithomimoides
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 70–66 Ma
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Illustration of a partial vertebra of O. mobilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Family: †Abelisauridae
Genus: †Ornithomimoides
Huene, 1932 vide Huene and Matley, 1933
Type species
†Ornithomimoides mobilis
von Huene and Matley, 1933
Other species
  • †O. barasimlensis von Huene and Matley, 1933
Synonyms

See also

References
  1. "Ornithomimoides in the Dinosaur Encyclopaedia at Dino Russ's Lair". Archived from the original on 2008-05-28. Retrieved 2011-04-10.
  2. von Huene. (1932). Die fossile Reptil-Ordnung Saurischia, ihre Entwicklung und Geschichte. Monog. Geol. Pal. 4 (1) pts. 1 and 2, viii + 361 pp.
  3. Huene and Matley. (1933). The Cretaceous Saurischia and Ornithischia of the central provinces of India. Pal. Indica 21 1-74, 33 figs., 24 pls.
  4. Novas and Bandyopaphyay. (1999). New approaches on the Cretaceous theropods from India. VII International Symposium on Mesozoic Terrestrial Ecosystems, abstracts.
  5. Novas, Agnolin and Bandyopadhyay. (2004). Cretaceous theropods from India: A review of specimens described by Huene and Matley (1933). Rev. Mus. Argentino Cienc. Nat., n.s. 6(1): 67-103.
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