Arkansaurus fridayi Hunt & Quinn, 2018
Systematics: Dinosauria Saurischia Theropoda Ornithomimosauria
Size: 3.5 m
Type Horizon and Locality: Early Cretaceous, Trinity Group (Albian), Locksburg, Sevier County, Arkansas, US
Type Specimen: UAM 74-16, partial right pes.
This ostrich-mimic dinosaur, known from fragmentary remains of the right foot, has been designated as the state dinosaur of Arkansas in 2017. Discovered in 1972, it was officially described only in 2018. The reconstruction here is very hypothetical.
October 21, 2018
References:
Hunt, R. K., & Quinn, J. H. (2018). A new ornithomimosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Trinity Group of Arkansas. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 38(1), e1421209.
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