Tototlmimus

O nome significa: “bird mimic”1

Comía: PlantasDinos avestruzCretáceo Superior

Tototlmimus was a fast, ostrich-like dinosaur that lived in what is now Mexico. It had long legs and a beak, and it could run quickly to escape predators or chase after food.1

Viviu

hai entre 84 e 72 millóns de anos3

Cretáceo Superior

Fósiles atopados en

Sonora, Mexico1 2

Velocidade máxima

uns 66 km/h (41 mph)

Correr, estimación

Cando viviu?

Triásico

Xurásico

Cretáceo

Hai 252 millóns de anos20114566, o asteroide

Que velocidade alcanzaba?

Unha persoa camiñando uns 5 km/h (3 mph)

Un neno en bici uns 12 km/h (7 mph)

Un cabalo ao galope uns 65 km/h (40 mph)

Tototlmimus uns 66 km/h (41 mph)

Un guepardo uns 100 km/h (62 mph)

cousas xeniais

Datos curiosos

Tototlmimus is the first ornithomimid dinosaur formally named from Mexico.1

Its fossils were found in the Packard Shale, which is about 72 million years old.1

Only parts of the hands and feet have been discovered, so scientists don't know its full size.2

The name Tototlmimus comes from the Nahuatl word 'tototl' meaning bird, and 'mimus' meaning mimic.1

Its foot bones show it had an arctometatarsus, a special structure that helped it run fast.1

Tototlmimus lived on the ancient continent of Laramidia, which is now western North America.2

Imaxe de Tototlmimus feita con IA — Unha imaxe feita con IA de como podería ser Tototlmimus, creada por un ordenador a partir do que saben os científicos. É unha suposición: o animal real podía ser diferente, e ninguén sabe as súas cores de verdade.

ti preguntaches

As preguntas máis frecuentes sobre Tototlmimus

?How big was Tototlmimus?

Nobody knows for sure because only parts of its hands and feet have been found. It was a medium-sized ornithomimid, comparable in size to related dinosaurs like Gallimimus.1 2

?What did Tototlmimus eat?

It was probably an herbivore or omnivore, eating plants and maybe small animals. Like other ornithomimids, it had a beak and no teeth.3

?When did Tototlmimus live?

It lived about 72 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous period.1 2

?Where was Tototlmimus found?

Its fossils were found in Sonora, northwestern Mexico, in the Packard Shale formation.1 2

Para expertos en dinos

Nome científico: Tototlmimus
Bautizado por: Serrano-Brañas et al. 20163
Grupo: Dinos avestruz
Familia / clado: Ornithomimidae3
Clasificación: Theropoda > Ornithomimosauria3
Idade das rochas: de 84 a 72 millóns de anos (Campanian)3
Formacións rochosas: Packard Shale3
Países: México3
Rexistros fósiles: 1 na Paleobiology Database3
Descubrimento: Tototlmimus was named in 2016 by Claudia Inés Serrano-Brañas and her team. The fossils were found in Sonora, Mexico.1
Aínda en debate: Scientists are not sure how big Tototlmimus was because only a few bones of its hands and feet have been found.2

De onde veñen os datos

Tototlmimus (en.wikipedia.org)
Paleo Profile: Mexico's “Bird Mimic” (nationalgeographic.com)
Tototlmimus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): idade, lugares, formacións rochosas, clasificación.

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