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level of Alvarezsauroidea, including Haplocheirus . G. Ornithomimosauria Ornithomimosaurs are distinct, readily recognizable dinosaurs. They are often referred to as “ostrich mimics” because they look similar to ostriches in their toothless skulls set on long necks and their long legs built for running. Most ornithomimosaurs do not vary much from this body plan. Some “basal” forms, such as Pelecanimimus , possess many tiny teeth, but the strangest variation of ornithomimosaur is the duck-billed, hump-backed, giant Deinocheirus . Sadly, none of the analyses included the new material of Deinocheirus , which means that we were unable to McLain et al. ◀ Feathered dinosaurs reconsidered ▶ 2018 ICC 502 Figure 63. MDS results of the non-pennaraptoran theropod subset of the van der Reest and Currie (2017) dataset in two views (A and B). Colors: red – non-coelurosaur theropod; turquoise – Therizinosauria; green – Alvarezsauroidea; blue – Ornithomimosauria; brown – “basal” Coelurosauria; purple – Tyrannosauroidea. Figure 62. BDC results of the non-pennaraptoran theropod subset of the van der Reest and Currie (2017) dataset. Black squares indicate significant positive correlation, whereas open circles indicate significant negative correlation. Shuvuuia deserti Mononykus olecranus Erlikosaurus andrewsi Harpymimus okladnikovi Pelecanimimus polyodon Ornithomimus edmonticus Struthiomimus altus Gallimimus bullatus Garudimimus brevipes Archaeornithomimus asiaticus Falcarius utahensis Ornitholestes hermanni Tanycolagreus topwilsoni Dilong paradoxus Huaxiagnathus orientalis Sinosauropteryx prima Compsognathus longipes Tyrannosaurus rex Gorgosaurus libratus Sinraptor Allosaurus fragilis