Harpymimus
Sign in to saveHarpymimus is a genus of basal ornithomimosaurian theropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous Period of what is now Mongolia. Unlike later, more derived ornithomimosaurs, Harpymimus still possessed teeth, although they appear to have been restricted to the dentary of the lower jaw.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Harpymimus is referenced by 346 other articles, and connects out to Carnosauria, Тheropoda and Coelurosauria.
Vinony files it under Albian dinosaurs, Dinosaur genera and Dinosaurs of Mongolia.
Its subject is documented across 23 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Harpymimus okladnikovi headden.jpg
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- Harpymimus
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- Harpymimus
- start time
- 107000000-
- end time
- 100000000-
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Harpymimus is a genus of basal ornithomimosaurian theropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous Period of what is now Mongolia. Unlike later, more derived ornithomimosaurs, Harpymimus still possessed teeth, although they appear to have been restricted to the dentary of the lower jaw.
==Discovery and naming== thumb|left|Holotype (lower left) in Mongolia In 1981, a Soviet-Mongolian expedition uncovered a theropod skeleton in the Gobi Desert. In 1984 this was named and shortly described by Rinchen Barsbold and Altangerel Perle as the type and only species of the new genus Harpymimus: Harpymimus okladnikovi. The generic name Harpymimus is a reference to the fearsome Harpy of Greek mythology and derived from Greek ἅρπυια (harpyia), "Harpy", and μῖμος (mimos), "mimic". The specific name honours the late Soviet archeologist Alexey Pavlovich Okladnikov.
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