Ornithomimus Ornithomimus edmontonicus Sternberg 1933
/ˌɔːrnɪθəˈmaɪməs/
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · 83.6–66 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore, omnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
herding
Where It Was Found
Countries
Canada, United States
Regions
Alberta · New Mexico
Formations
Horseshoe Canyon · Fruitland
Dig sites
4
distinct collections
Overview
Ornithomimus edmontonicus is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 83.6–66.0 million years ago. It was a herbivore, omnivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and herding. Fossils have been recovered from Alberta, Canada and elsewhere. It was named by Sternberg 1933. The species is represented by 7 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~24%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 7 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Ornithomimus edmontonicus sits in deep time
Ornithomimus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Ornithomimus edmontonicus'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.