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Pelecanimimus

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Pelecanimimus
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, 130 Ma
Restoration of P.polyodon
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Clade: Ornithomimosauria
Genus: Pelecanimimus
Perez-Moreno et al., 1994
Species:
P. polyodon
Binomial name
Pelecanimimus polyodon
Perez-Moreno et al., 1994

Pelecanimimus (meaning "pelican mimic") is a primitive theropod dinosaur from Spain. It is notable for possessing more teeth than any other member of the Ornithomimosauria (or any other theropod), most of which were toothless.[1]

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  1. Beaked theropod has most teeth of any theropod - 1994.