Genus: Pelecanimimus PEREZ-MORENO, SANZ, BUSCALLONI, MORATALLA, ORTEGA & RASSKIN-GUTMAN, 1994
Etymology: Latin, pelecanus, "pelcan" and Greek, mimus, "mimic": because of the very long facial part of the skull and the integumentary impressions below the skull, which resemble the gular pouch in the pelican.
= Pelicanimimus MARTIN & CZERKAS, 2000 (sic)

Species: polyodon PEREZ-MORENO, SANZ, BUSCALLONI, MORATALLA, ORTEGA & RASSKIN-GUTMAN, 1994
Etymology: Greek, polys, "many" and Greek, odous, "teeth": because of its large number of teeth.

Holotype: Museo de Cuenca, Cuenca, Spain, provisionally housed in the Unidad de Paleontologia of the Universidad Autonomous de Madrid Spain., LH 7777

Locality: Las Hoyas fossil site, La Cierva Township, 20 km east of Cuenca, in the Castellan Branch of the Iberian Range, Cuenca Province, Spain.

Horizon: Calizas de La Huerguina Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Upper Hauterivian Stage, Late Neocomian subepoch-Lower Barremian Stage, Early Gallic subepoch, Early Cretaceous Epoch, Early Cretaceous.

Material: Articulated skull and anterior half of the skeleton; skull with teeth (7 in premaxilla, 30 in maxilla and 75 in dentary), complete cervical and almost complete dorsal vertebral series, ribs, pectoral girdle, sternum, right forelimb and nearly complete left forelimb.
Note: Impressions below the skull, running below the neck and around the right humerus and elbow, probably correspond to integumenatry structures they are composed of a primary system of subparellel fibers arranged perpendicular to the bone surface, and a less conspicuous secondary system parrell to it.

Note: As per TAQUET & RUSSELL, 1998 believe Pelecanimimus may be a spinosaur mimicking an ornithomimid.