Deinocheirus

Deinocheirus; Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 71–69 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
	Reconstructed skeleton in Japan
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
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

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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.

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

References

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

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

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