Ornithomimus minutus Marsh 1892 (ornithomimid)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Ornithomimidae

Alternative combination: Troodon minutus

Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1892. Notice of new reptiles from the Laramie Formation. American Journal of Science 43:449-453

Belongs to Ornithomimus according to O. Kuhn 1939

See also Gilmore 1920, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Lambe 1904, Marsh 1892, Marsh 1896, Matthew and Brown 1922, Nopcsa 1901, Olshevsky 2000, Ostrom 1965, Padian 2004, Russell 1972, Steel 1970, Swinton 1970 and Winkler 1893

Sister taxa: Ornithomimus edmontonicus, Ornithomimus sedens, Ornithomimus tenuis, Ornithomimus velox

Type specimen: USNM, a set of limb elements

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-omnivore

Distribution: found only at Peterson's Quarry (Cretaceous of Wyoming)

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