Genus
Valid Extinct

Saurornithoides

Osborn 1924
Etymology reptile aux allures d’oiseau

Saurornithoides is a genus of troodontid maniraptoran dinosaur, which lived during the Late Cretaceous period. These creatures were predators, which could run fast on their hind legs and had excellent sight and hearing. The name is derived from the Greek stems saur~ (lizard), ornith~ (bird) and eides (form), referring to its bird-like skull.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
8
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore, omnivore Ground dwelling Terrestrial
Saurornithoides
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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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Troodontinae Subfamily
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Saurornithoidini Tribe
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Saurornithoides Genus
Fossil sites 8 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇲🇳 Mongolia
3
🇺🇸 United States
3
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan
1
🇨🇳 China
1
Geological formations
Djadokhta
2
Hell Creek
2
Khodzhakul
1
Bayan Mandahu
1
Lance
1
Nemegt
1
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)
4
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
3
Cenomanian (100.5–93.9 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Saurornithoides mongoliensis 84 Ma
Bibliography
Original description
H. F. Osborn. 1924. Three new Theropoda, Protoceratops zone, central Mongolia. American Museum Novitates 144:1-12
Bibliography (7)
M. A. Norell and S. H. Hwang. 2004. A troodontid dinosaur from Ukhaa Tolgod (Late Cretaceous Mongolia). American Museum Novitates 3446:1-9 DOI ↗
M. Watabe and S. Suzuki. 2000. Report on the Japan–Mongolia Joint Paleontological Expedition to the Gobi desert, 1997. Hayashibara Museum of Natural Sciences Research Bulletin 1:69-82
P. J. Currie and J.-H. Peng. 1994. A juvenile specimen of Saurornithoides mongoliensis from the Upper Cretaceous of northern China. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 30(10-11):2224-2230 DOI ↗
L. A. Nessov. 1981. Amfibii i reptilii v ekosistemakh Mela sredney Azii [Amphibia and reptiles in Cretaceous ecosystems of central Asia]. The Problems of Herpetology. Fifth Herpetological Conference. Abstracts
M. T. Greenwald. 1971. The Lower Vertebrates of the Hell Creek Formation, Harding County, South Dakota.
R. Estes. 1964. Fossil vertebrates from the Late Cretaceous Lance Formation, eastern Wyoming. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 49:1-187
H. F. Osborn. 1924. Three new Theropoda, Protoceratops zone, central Mongolia. American Museum Novitates 144:1-12