Anserimimus
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A. planinychus |
Anserimimus ("Goose mimic") is a theropod dinosaur genus living in the Campanian - Maastrichtian stages of the Upper Cretaceous, about 71-65 million years ago.
Anserimimus was described in 1988 by Barsold from a skeleton found without a skull. It is about 3 meters in length and weighs up to 62 kilograms. It had long legs and short arms with long claws.