Talk:Ornithomimus

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[edit] identity problem

Images removed as I had made an identity error (images were of Struthiomimus). - Ballista 07:36, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ornithomimus species

There are only two valid species of Ornithomimus, O. velox and O. edmontonicus. O. sedens and O. tenuis are nomina dubia, probably synonymous with O. velox (they were found in the same location as O. velox). In other words, Coelosaurus antiquus, a dubious ornithomimosaur from the eastern US, is probably distinct from Ornithomimus on the basis of geographical location.

P. J. Makovicky, Y. Kobayashi, and P. J. Currie. 2004. Ornithomimosauria. In D. B. Weishampel, P. Dodson, & H. Osmólska (eds.), The Dinosauria (second edition). University of California Press, Berkeley 137-150. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 209.232.151.49 (talk) 20:46, 8 January 2007 (UTC).

I have a personal record of other species, O. altus, O. asiaticus, O. grandis, and O. minitus. Can anyone else verify this? Ninjatacoshell 23:11, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

Those are probably 'lumped' species generally considered to form other genera, like Struthiomimus altus. I think Greg Paul lumped a lot of the ornithomimids in PDW just as he did the velociraptorines. Dinoguy2 02:10, 13 April 2007 (UTC)