Name/Title
StruthiomimusEntry/Object ID
2011.57.138Description
Crystal System: Hexagonal System
Description: Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Family: Ornithomimidae
Common Name: Struthiomimus
Age: Late Cretaceous
Location: Hell Creek Formation, South Dakota
Description: A very well preserved claw of the tip of the digit.
Physical Characteristics:
Struthiomimus (meaning "ostrich mimic", from the Greek st????e???/stroutheios meaning "of the ostrich" and µ?µ??/mimos meaning "mimic" or "imitator") is a genus of ornithomimid dinosaur from the late Cretaceous of Alberta, Canada. It was a long-legged, ostrich-like dinosaur.
The bipedal Struthiomimus stood about 4.3 metres (14 ft) long and 1.4 metres (4.6 ft) tall at the hips and weighed around 150 kilograms (330 lb).[1] Struthiomimus is one of the more common small dinosaurs in the Dinosaur Provincial Park; its abundance suggests that it was a herbivore or omnivore rather than a carnivore.[2]
Like many other dinosaur genera discovered in the 19th century, the history of Struthiomimus is convoluted. The first known fossils of Struthiomimus were named Ornithomimus sedens by Othniel Charles Marsh in 1892, and a subsequent species was named O. altus by Lawrence Lambe in 1902. It wasn't until 1917 that Henry Fairfield Osborn named Struthiomimus from fossils discovered in 1914 from the Red Deer River site in Alberta
Family: Ornithomimidae
Fracture: Conchoidal
Grain Size: Fine
Hardness: 3 Calcite
Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
Luster: Vitreous
Class: Reptilia
Phylum: Chordata
Rock Origin: Terrestrial
Rock Type: Sedimentary
Streak: whiteCollection
Museum Collection of FossilsAcquisition
Accession
2011.57Source or Donor
Museum Collection of FossilsAcquisition Method
Long-term LoanDimensions
Width
1 inDepth
1 inLength
2-1/4 inLocation
Location
Drawer
LeftShelf
Front, FrontWall
NorthRoom
Delmar Smith HallBuilding
Crater Rock MuseumCategory
PermanentMoved By
Steve MillerDate
August 9, 2011Location
Container
RightDrawer
BottomShelf
LeftCabinet
Case # 49Wall
NorthRoom
Delmar Smith HallBuilding
Crater Rock MuseumCategory
Permanent