Tototlmimus is an extinct genus of ornithomimid dinosaur. Its remains were found from the late Cretaceous Packard Shale Formation, in the Sonora state, México.
| Tototlmimus | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
Discovery
The only known species, the type Tototlmimus packardensis was named and described in 2015 by Claudia Ines Serrano Brañas, Esperanza Torres-Rodriguez Paola Carolina Reyes-moon, Ixchel Gonzalez-Gonzalez Ramirez and Carlos Leon. The genus name is derived from the Nahuatl word tototl, "bird" and the ancient Greek mimus, mimic. The species name refers to its origin from the Packard Shale Formation.[1]
The fossil specimen, the holotype ERNO 8553, was found in the northeastern Mexican state of Sonora, in the Cabullona Group, in an bed of the Packard Shale which may date from the late Campanian, 72 million years ago. It consists of a partial skeleton without skull. This includes the joint of the first finger of the left hand, the first joint and the third right finger second, the lower ends of the second, third and fourth metatarsal, the first and second joint of the second toe, the second and third phalanges the third toe, the first, third and fourth phalanx of the fourth toe, the first and second phalanx of the left second toe, and a claw foot. These fossil elements, none of which are complete, were found dissarticulated in an area of a half cubic meter.[1]
