Hesperornithoides
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Hesperornithoides
DV-1058 · type species Hesperornithoides miessleri
- Lived
- 155 to 143 million years ago, Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Troodontidae
- Found in
- United States
- Named by
- Hartman et al. 2019
Field notes
About Hesperornithoides
Hesperornithoides was an omnivorous theropod that lived in the Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous, 155 to 143 million years ago. It belongs to the family Troodontidae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Hesperornithoides, from Wyoming. Its fossils come from the Morrison Formation. It was named by Hartman et al. in 2019.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
150 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Troodontidae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: S. Hartman, M. Mortimer, and W. R. Wahl, D. R. Lomax, J. Lippincott, D. M. Lovelace. 2019. A new paravian dinosaur from the Late Jurassic of North America supports a late acquisition of avian flight. PeerJ 7:e7247