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Archaeornithomimus Archaeornithomimus asiaticus (Gilmore 1933)
/ˈɑːɹkiːˌɔːɹnɪθˌɑːmɪməs/
estimated
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · 89.8–72.2 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore, omnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
herding
Where It Was Found
Countries
China, Kazakhstan
Regions
Nei Mongol · Turkistan
Formations
Iren Dabasu · Dabrazhin
Dig sites
3
distinct collections
Overview
Archaeornithomimus asiaticus is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 89.8–72.2 million years ago. It was a herbivore, omnivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and herding. Fossils have been recovered from Nei Mongol, China and elsewhere. It was named by (Gilmore 1933). The species is represented by 3 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~11%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 3 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Archaeornithomimus asiaticus sits in deep time
Archaeornithomimus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Archaeornithomimus asiaticus's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.