Sinornithoides
Field photograph to come
Sinornithoides
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- Lived
- 137 to 101 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Troodontidae
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Russell and Dong 1994
Field notes
About Sinornithoides
Sinornithoides was an omnivorous theropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 137 to 101 million years ago. It belongs to the family Troodontidae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 2 finds of Sinornithoides, from China. Its fossils come from rocks including the Ejinhoro Formation and the Zhonggou Formation. It was named by Russell and Dong in 1994.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
120 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Troodontidae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: D. A. Russell and Z.-M. Dong. 1994. A nearly complete skeleton of a new troodontid dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of the Ordos Basin, Inner Mongolia, People's Republic of China. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 30(10-11):2163-2173