Sinornithoides

Field photograph to come

DV-0375Ejinhoro Fm., China

Sinornithoides

DV-0375

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

2 finds

120 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

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