Ornithomimusn.
/ˌɔːnᵻθə(ʊ)ˈmʌɪməs/, U.S. /ɔrˌnɪθoʊˈmaɪməs/, /ˈˌɔrnəθoʊˈmaɪməs/ Palaeontology.
A genus of small bipedal theropod dinosaurs of the late Cretaceous period, with a slender, somewhat ostrich-like body; (also ornithomimus) a dinosaur of this genus.
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Archaeopteryx1862
theropod1891
Ornithomimus1896
deinonychosaur1969
raptor1990
1890 O. C. Marsh in Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 139 84 Ornithomimus velox, gen. et sp. nov.]
1896 O. C. Marsh in Science 4 Dec. 806 Ceratops beds of Laramie series... Ceratops, Tricerarops, Claosaurus, Ornithomimus.
1924 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 10 23 The Iren Dabasu..beds yielded rich littoral fauna, of iguanodonts, of..toothless herbivorous dinosaurs known as Ornithomimus or Struthiomimus.
1976 Amer. Naturalist 110 1105 These baby dinosaurs easily could have been preyed upon by large lizards.., small or young dinosaurs (e.g., Ornithomimus and dromasaurs), or even immature tyrannosaurs.
2002 Calgary (Alberta) Herald (Nexis) 31 Oct. b9 A fossil of an ornithomimus found a decade ago near Drumheller.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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