 Ornithomimosaur remains from Gondwana are rare and dubious; "Timimus" was thus presented as proof that the group was indeed present in the Southern Hemisphere and would even have originated there.Immediately, however, a position within the Ornithomimosauria was doubted by Thomas Holtz.Today, it is recognised that "Timimus" shares no derived traits, synapomorphies, with the Ornithomimosauria and thus any proof it would belong to this group is lacking.