Deinocheirus

Deinocheirus (/ˌdaɪnoʊˈkaɪrəs/ DY-no-KY-rəs) is a genus of ornithomimid dinosaur from the Cretaceous of Mongolia. In 1965, arms and shoulder girdles were found.

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Deinocheirus
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 71–69 Ma
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Reconstructed skeleton in Japan
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Archosauria
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Clade: †Ornithomimosauria
Family: †Deinocheiridae
Genus: †Deinocheirus
Osmólska & Roniewicz, 1970
Species:
†D. mirificus
Binomial name
Deinocheirus mirificus
Osmólska & Roniewicz, 1970

More parts were found in 2014, and this large dinosaur was probably omnivorous.[1]

References
  1. Lee Y.N. et al 2014. Resolving the long-standing enigmas of a giant ornithomimosaur Deinocheirus mirificus. Nature 515 (7526): 257–260.


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