Dinosaurs · Large theropod

Gallimimus

Say it galley-MIME-us. The name means ‘chicken mimic’.

Gallimimus beside a person 1.75 m tall. Ticks mark every metre.Body shape drawn for this site, showing the general build of large theropods
Length
6 m
Weight
490 kg
Diet
Ate plants and animals
Walked
On 2 legs
When
Late Cretaceousabout 70 million years ago
Fossils found in
Mongolia
Named by
Osmolska, Roniewicz and Barsbold (1972)
Family tree
Dinosauria › Saurischia › Theropoda › Ornithomimosauria › Ornithomimidae
TriassicJurassicCretaceousGallimimus252 Ma66 Ma
Where Gallimimus sits in the age of dinosaurs.Periods from the ICS chart; dinosaur dates from the Natural History Museum

Large theropods. Big two-legged meat-eaters, such as Tyrannosaurus. See all 63

Lived at the same time

Other large theropods

Source: Gallimimus in the Natural History Museum Dino Directory, read 12 November 2026. Sizes are the museum's estimates for a typical adult. "Lived at the same time" lists dinosaurs whose dates overlap, which does not always mean they met.