Deinocheirus

Deinocheirus (/ˌdnˈkrəs/ DY-no-KY-rəs) is a genus of ornithomimid dinosaur from the Cretaceous of Mongolia. In 1965, arms and shoulder girdles were found.

Deinocheirus
Large skeleton
Reconstructed skeleton in Japan
Scientific classification e
Unrecognized taxon (fix): Maniraptoromorpha
Family: Deinocheiridae
Genus: Deinocheirus
Osmólska & Roniewicz, 1970
Species:
D. mirificus
Binomial name
Deinocheirus mirificus
Osmólska & Roniewicz, 1970
Claw

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

Deinocheirus Media

References

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