Dromiceiomimus
| Dromiceiomimus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, | |
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| Skull cast | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Clade: | †Ornithomimosauria |
| Family: | †Ornithomimidae |
| Genus: | †Dromiceiomimus Russell, 1972 |
| Species: | †D. brevitertius |
| Binomial name | |
| †Dromiceiomimus brevitertius Russell, 1972 | |
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Dromiceiomimus is a genus of ornithomimid theropod from the Late Cretaceous (early Maastrichtian) of Alberta, Canada. The type species, D. brevitertius, is considered a synonym of Ornithomimus edmontonicus by some authors, while others consider it a distinct and valid taxon. It was a small ornithomimid that weighed about 135 kilograms (298 lb).
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