Cretaceous
Timimus
Timimus hermani
The catalogue presents Timimus as a omnivore member of Ornithomimosauria that lived during the Cretaceous, between 115.0–105.0 Ma. Its estimated range is 2.0–2.5 m in length and 30–60 kg in mass, giving a practical sense of scale. Reference material comes from Eumeralla Formation, Victoria, Australia. Size and mass are approximations and may change with new fossils or methods.
Evidence-backed summary
For Timimus, the PBDB records the taxonomic attribution as Rich and Vickers-Rich (1994).
The PBDB places it in Tyrannosauroidea, and the catalogue record assigns it to the family Ornithomimosauria.
- PBDB · taxon.parent
- Ornithomimosauria
In the PBDB record, the reported stratigraphic range runs from the Albian to the Cenomanian.
The PBDB catalogues 1 occurrence, with material from the Eumeralla Formation (1). Provenance: Australia.
The catalogue records the holotype as NMV P186076 and the type locality as “Eumeralla Formation, Victoria, Australia”.
- NMV P186076
- Eumeralla Formation, Victoria, Australia
The catalogue's reference measurements are 2.0–2.5 m in length and 30–60 kg in mass — estimates, which vary with specimen and method.
- 2.0-2.5 m
- 30-60 kg
The record gathers 8 bibliographic references registered in the PBDB, listed below.
Where it lived
Fossil occurrences on today’s map and in the tectonic reconstruction.
Positions reconstructed by PBDB/GPlates, not observed; this is not an exact habitat map.
Artistic 3D reconstruction
There is no approved species-specific 3D model yet. Generic anatomy will not be presented as if it were evidence.
Physical Specifications
- Length
- 2.0–2.5 m
- Weight
- 30–60 kg
- Period
- Cretaceous
- Time range
- 115.0–105.0 Ma
Discovery Information
- First Discovery
- 1994
- Described by
- Rich & Rich
Taxonomic Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Saurischia
- Family
- Ornithomimosauria
- Genus
- Timimus
- Species
- T. hermani
Data status
Taxonomic name matched to PBDB and checked on 2026-08-08.
Taxonomic linkage does not automatically validate size, mass, behaviour or appearance.
- Type specimen
- NMV P186076
- Type locality
- Eumeralla Formation, Victoria, Australia