Pelecanimimus Temporal range: Early Cretaceous,
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Restoration of P.polyodon | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | Theropoda |
Clade: | †Ornithomimosauria |
Genus: | †Pelecanimimus Perez-Moreno et al., 1994 |
Species: | †P. polyodon
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Binomial name | |
Pelecanimimus polyodon Perez-Moreno et al., 1994
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Pelecanimimus (meaning "pelican mimic") is a primitive theropod dinosaur from Spain. It is notable for possessing more teeth than any other member of the Ornithomimosauria (or any other theropod), most of which were toothless.[1]