Genus
Valid Extinct

Tyrannomimus

Hattori et al. 2023

Tyrannomimus is an extinct genus of ornithomimosaurian theropod dinosaurs from the Early Cretaceous Kitadani Formation of Japan. The type species is Tyrannomimus fukuiensis.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore, omnivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Tyrannomimus
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An overview of the known fossil material of Tyrannomimus fukuiensis. Fossil specimens shown in are not in the same scale. The bar is scaled for the paratype (FPDM-V-10295). The holotype (FPDM-V-11333) and paratype in are colored in red and blue, respectively. The right femur in is mirrored from the left one (FPDM-V-11338). © S Hattori, M Shibata, S Kawabe, T Imai, H Nishi & Y Azuma · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Theropoda Unranked clade
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Ornithomimosauria Unranked clade
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Deinocheiridae Family
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Tyrannomimus Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇯🇵 Japan
1
Geological formations
Kitadani
1
Temporal distribution
Aptian (121.4–113.2 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Tyrannomimus fukuiensis 121 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
S. Hattori, M. Shibata, and S. Kawabe, T. Imai, H. Nishi, Y. Azuma. 2023. New theropod dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of Japan provides critical implications for the early evolution of ornithomimosaurs. Scientific Reports 13:13842:1-16 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
S. Hattori, M. Shibata, and S. Kawabe, T. Imai, H. Nishi, Y. Azuma. 2023. New theropod dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of Japan provides critical implications for the early evolution of ornithomimosaurs. Scientific Reports 13:13842:1-16 DOI ↗