Saurornithoides
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Saurornithoides
DV-0137
- Lived
- 101 to 66 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Length
- about 3 m (10 ft)
- Group
- Theropods, Troodontidae
- Found in
- Mongolia, China and Uzbekistan
- Named by
- Osborn 1924
Field notes
About Saurornithoides
Saurornithoides was an omnivorous theropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 101 to 66 million years ago. It belongs to the family Troodontidae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 4 finds of Saurornithoides, from Mongolia, China and Uzbekistan. Its fossils come from rocks including the Bayan Mandahu Formation, the Djadokhta Formation and the Khodzhakul Formation. It was named by Osborn in 1924.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
80 million years ago
To scale
How big was Saurornithoides?
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Troodontidae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: H. F. Osborn. 1924. Three new Theropoda, Protoceratops zone, central Mongolia. American Museum Novitates 144:1-12