Garudimimus

Taxobox

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name = "Garudimimus"
fossil_range = Late Cretaceous
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
superordo = Dinosauria
ordo = Saurischia
subordo = Theropoda
infraordo = Ornithomimosauria
familia = Garudimimidae
familia_authority = Barsbold, 1981
genus = "Garudimimus"
genus_authority = Barsbold, 1981
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
* "G. brevipes" Barsbold, 1981 (type)

"Garudimimus" ("Garuda mimic") is a basal member of Ornithomimosauria, known from single specimen discovered from Upper Cretaceous sediments of Mongolia.

Previously it was thought that this primitive member of Ornithomimosauria possessed a horn at the top of the skull. However, recent studies have shown that this "horn" was simply a misplaced skull bone.Kobayashi, Y. and Barsbold, R. (2005). "Reexamination of a primitive ornithomimosaur, "Garudimimus brevipes" Barsbold, 1981 (Dinosauria:Theropoda), from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia." "Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences", 42: 1501–1521.] In 1981, Rinchen Barsbold placed it in its own family, Garudimimidae.

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