Gallimimus
genus · Osmólska et al. 1972 · accepted · extinct
1 descendant taxa · 30 fossil sites · 3 formations · 2 countries
Lived when
Cretaceous – Paleogene
93.9–66 million years ago
Found where
2 countries
3 rock formations
Fossil record
30 sites
50 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 28 million years, from 93.9 to 66 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 66 million years old — that is roughly 220 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Gallimimus was named in 1972 (Osmólska et al. 1972) — 54 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 2 countries and 3 named rock formations.
- 50 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).