Types of Dinosaurs

Names of Dinosaurs & Dinosaur Information
Dinosaur Name:

Anserimimus

- Pronunciation: AN-sair-uh-MYE-mus
- Translation: Goose Mimic
- Order: Saurischia
- Suborder: Theropoda
- Infraorder: Tetanurae
- Family: Ornithomimidae
- Superfamily: Ornithomimosauria (of the microorder Coelurosauria)
- Length: 9.8 feet (3 meters)
- Period: Late Cretaceous
- Description: Carnivore, Bipedal
- Notes: Anserimimus was really more of an ostrich-mimic than a goose mimic,as its name translates. Its powerful forelimbs were stronger than otheronithomimids. The arms and hands seem to indicate that Anserimimus dugfor such food as small insects or dinosaur eggs.