Tyrannomimus

Tyrannomimus (meaning "tyrant mimic") is an extinct genus of ornithomimosaurian theropod dinosaurs from the Kitadani Formation of Japan.

The generic name, "Tyrannomimus", is a reference to its morphological similarities with tyrannosauroids, particularly the vertical ridge of the ilium previously believed to be a synapomorphy of that clade and shared with Aviatyrannis.

[1] Tyrannomimus was entered in a phylogenetic analysis by Hattori et al. (2023) and placed within the family Deinocheiridae, as the sister taxon to Harpymimus.

[1] Tyrannomimus lived alongside a diverse assemblage of animals, most of which are named after Fukui Prefecture.

These include the sauropod Fukuititan, the ornithopods Fukuisaurus and Koshisaurus, and the theropods Fukuiraptor, Fukuivenator, and Fukuipteryx.

Known fossil elements