Avimimus
Avimimus portentosus
Avimimus ( AY-vim-EYE-məs), meaning "bird mimic" (Latin avis = bird + mimus = mimic), is a genus of oviraptorosaurian theropod dinosaur, named for its bird-like characteristics, that lived in the late Cretaceous in what is now Mongolia, during the Maastrichtian.
- Family
- Avimimidae
- Order
- Saurischia
- Period
- Cretaceous (75.0–70.0 Ma)
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Length
- 1.5 m
- Weight
- 10–15 kg
- Type locality
- Djadochta Formation, Mongolia
- Holotype
- PIN 3907/1
- PBDB
- txn:38615