Dinosauria › Reptilia
Avimimus
Avimimus portentosus Kurzanov 1981
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · 83.6–66 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
omnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Overview
Avimimus portentosus is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 83.6–66.0 million years ago. It was an omnivore. It was named by Kurzanov 1981. The species is represented by 5 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~18%
fragmentary record
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 5 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Avimimus sits in deep time
Avimimus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Avimimus's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.