Ornithomimidae
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Ornithomimidae is a family of theropod dinosaurs which bore a superficial resemblance to modern ostriches. Ornithomimids were cursorial, omnivorous or herbivorous dinosaurs known mainly from the Late Cretaceous Period of Laurasia (now Asia and North America), though they have also been reported from the Lower Cretaceous Wonthaggi Formation of Australia.
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It sits within the topics Dinosaur families, Late Cretaceous dinosaurs and Ornithomimidae.
Its subject is documented across 21 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Image
- Ornithomimus edmontonicus Royal Tyrrell.jpg
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- time period
- Late Cretaceous
- taxon rank
- family
- Commons category
- Ornithomimosauria
- taxon name
- Ornithomimidae
- topic's main category
- Category:Ornithomimids
- end time
- 66000000-0
- start time
- 92000000-0
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Description
- Biology
- Diet
- Classification
- See also
- References
Ornithomimidae is a family of theropod dinosaurs which bore a superficial resemblance to modern ostriches. Ornithomimids were cursorial, omnivorous or herbivorous dinosaurs known mainly from the Late Cretaceous Period of Laurasia (now Asia and North America), though they have also been reported from the Lower Cretaceous Wonthaggi Formation of Australia.
==Description== The skulls of ornithomimids were small, with large eyes, above relatively long and slender necks. All had toothless beaks.
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