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Ornithomimosauria (Ostrich Dinosaur) is a family of dinosaurs from early to late Cretaceous Asia, Europe, North America, and Africa. They were fast running omnivorous or herbivorous dinosaur

Common Members[]

Common members include Anserimimus, ArchaeornithomimusBeishanlong, Deinocheirus, GallimimusGarudimimus, Harpymimus, Hexing, Kinnareemimus, Nqwebasaurus, OrnithomimusParaxenisaurus, Pelecanimimus, Qiupalong, Rativates, Shenzhousaurus, Sinornithomimus,Struthiomimus and Tototlmimus.

Description[]

The skulls of ornithomimosaurs were small, with large eyes, above relatively long and slender necks. The most basal members of the taxon (such as Pelecanimimus and Harpymimus) had a jaw with small teeth, while the later and more derived species had a toothless beaks.

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