Archaeornithoides
Field photograph to come
Archaeornithoides
DV-0348
- Lived
- 84 to 72 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Troodontidae
- Found in
- Mongolia
- Named by
- Elzanowski and Wellnhofer 1992
Field notes
About Archaeornithoides
Archaeornithoides was an omnivorous theropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 84 to 72 million years ago. It belongs to the family Troodontidae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Archaeornithoides, from Mongolia. Its fossils come from the Djadokhta Formation. It was named by Elzanowski and Wellnhofer in 1992.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
80 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Troodontidae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: A. Elzanowski and P. Wellnhofer. 1992. A new link between theropods and birds from the Cretaceous of Mongolia. Nature 359:821-823