Genus
Valid Extinct

Archaeornithoides

Elzanowski and Wellnhofer 1992
Etymology Comme un ancien oiseau

Archaeornithoides is a genus of maniraptoran theropod dinosaur of the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore, omnivore Ground dwelling Terrestrial
Archaeornithoides
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Reconstructed skull of Archaeornithoides, known material in brown. © IJReid · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Theropoda Unranked clade
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Neotheropoda Unranked clade
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Averostra Unranked clade
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Tetanurae Unranked clade
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Coelurosauria Unranked clade
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Maniraptora Unranked clade
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Paraves Unranked clade
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Deinonychosauria Infraorder
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Troodontidae Family
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Archaeornithoides Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇲🇳 Mongolia
1
Geological formations
Djadokhta
1
Temporal distribution
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Archaeornithoides deinosauriscus 84 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
A. Elzanowski and P. Wellnhofer. 1992. A new link between theropods and birds from the Cretaceous of Mongolia. Nature 359:821-823 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
A. Elzanowski and P. Wellnhofer. 1992. A new link between theropods and birds from the Cretaceous of Mongolia. Nature 359:821-823 DOI ↗