Struthiomimus

ostrich mimic

• struthio · Greek/Latin · ostrich
• mimos · Greek · mimic

The name means "ostrich mimic". It was chosen because the animal was a slender, long-legged, long-necked, toothless-beaked theropod whose body proportions and probable running ability resembled those of an ostrich.

Named by

Osborn

Year named

1917

Period

Late Cretaceous

Stage

Campanian

Found in

Dinosaur Park Formation, Alberta, Canada

An ornithomimid theropod. The type species is Struthiomimus altus (originally named Ornithomimus altus by Lambe in 1902). Several other species have been assigned to the genus, but their validity is debated.