Ornithomimus
genus · Marsh 1890 · accepted · extinct
4 descendant taxa · 35 fossil sites · 14 formations · 2 countries
Lived when
Cretaceous – Paleogene
83.6–66 million years ago
Found where
2 countries
14 rock formations
Fossil record
35 sites
15 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 18 million years, from 83.6 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.
- Ornithomimus was named in 1890 (Marsh 1890) — 136 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 2 countries and 14 named rock formations.
- 15 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 4 named taxa, including 4 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).