Genus: Ornithomimus MARSH, 1890
Etymology: Greek, ornith-(ornis),"bird" and Greek, mimos, "mimic": Bird mimic.
= Ornithomimus KEYES, 1894 (sic)
= Ornithomimidorum gen. a HUENE, 1926 (nomen oblitum)
= Ornithominus NOPCSA, 1918 (sic)

Species: velox MARSH, 1890 (Was the Type)
Etymology: Latin, velox (gen. velocis), "swift."

Holotype: YPM 542

Locality: SW 1/4, Sec. 17, T4S, R69W, on Bear Creek Road from Morrison to Denver, Jefferson County, Colorado.

Horizon: Denver Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Lancian age, Late Maastrichtian Stage, Uppermost Senonian Subepoch, Uppermost Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.

Material: Fragmentary left metatarsus and digits 1-3 of phalanx II.

Ornithomimus velox type after Ostrom, 1970; A) Left metatarsal IV in medial view; B) Left metatarsal IV in ventral view; C) Left metatarsal II in medial view; D) Pes in dorsal and medial views.

Referred material:

YPM 548: Left metacarpus, including metacarpals I, II, and III, and manual phalanges I-1, II-1, and III-1.

Note: CLAESSENS & LOWEN, 2016 consider YPM 542 and 548 belong to the same individual.

 


?OSBORN, 1917

Locality: Montana.

Horizon: Hell Creek Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Lancian age, upper Maastrichtian Stage, uppermost Senonian subepoch, Upper Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.

Material:

AMNH 5016:

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Species: sedens MARSH, 1892
Etymology: Latin, sedens, "to sit."
= Ornithiomimus sedens KEYES, 1894 (sic)

Holotype: USNM 4736

Locality: Alkali Creek, Niobrara County, (formerly Converse County), Wyoming.

Horizon: Lance Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Lancian age, upper Maastrichtian Stage, uppermost Senonian subepoch, Upper Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.

Material: Sacrum and 12 caudals, 6 chevrons, portions of both ilia and pubes, and both ischia.

Caudal vertebrae: A, B) first caudal vertebra, A) right lateral view, B) anterior view; C, D) Caudal vertebrae, 12, 11 and 12, in C) right lateral view, D) anterior view of 10 caudal, after Gilmore, 1920.

A) Right lateral view of pelvis and caudal vertebrae; B) ventral view of the pelvis, and C) is reconstruced ventral view, modifed from Gilmore, 1920.

Skeleton modified from Gilmore, 1920.

Referred material:

?OSBORN, 1917

Locality: Montana.

Horizon: Hell Creek Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Lancian age, upper Maastrichtian Stage, uppermost Senonian subepoch, Upper Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.

Material:

AMNH 975:


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