Ornithomimus velox Marsh 1890 (ornithomimid)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Ornithomimidae

Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1890. Description of new dinosaurian reptiles. The American Journal of Science, series 3 39:81-86

Belongs to Ornithomimus according to L. P. A. Claessens and M. A. Loewen 2016

See also Buffetaut et al. 2009, Cannon 1890, Cannon 1906, Chamberlain et al. 2023, DeCourten and Russell 1985, Derstler 1994, Gauthier 1986, Gilmore 1920, Gilmore 1933, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Huene 1927, Hunt and Quinn 2018, Johnson 1931, Kuhn 1939, Lambe 1904, Lambe 1905, Longrich 2008, Makovicky et al. 2004, Marsh 1890, Marsh 1896, Marsh 1897, Matthew and Brown 1922, McFeeters et al. 2016, Molnar and Pledge 1980, Nicholls and Russell 1981, Nopcsa 1901, Novas 1996, Osborn 1916, Osmólska et al. 1972, Paul 1988, Perrier 1928, Rauhut 2003, Russell 1930, Russell 1972, Serrano-Brañas et al. 2016, Steel 1970, Swinton 1970, Tatarinov 1964, Winkler 1893, Zanno et al. 2013, Zanno et al. 2010 and Zittel 1890

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

Type specimen: YPM 542, a set of limb elements. Its type locality is Beaver Creek Valley (YPM), which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial horizon in the Denver Formation of Colorado.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-omnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (5: Colorado, Wyoming collections)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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