Species
Valid Extinct

Saurornithoides mongoliensis

(Osborn 1924)

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
5
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore, omnivore Ground dwelling Terrestrial
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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
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Saurornithoides mongoliensis Species
Fossil sites 5 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇲🇳 Mongolia
2
🇺🇸 United States
2
🇨🇳 China
1
Geological formations
Djadokhta
2
Hell Creek
2
Bayan Mandahu
1
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)
2
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
3
Bibliography
Original description
H. F. Osborn. 1924. Three new Theropoda, Protoceratops zone, central Mongolia. American Museum Novitates 144:1-12
Bibliography (4)
M. A. Norell and S. H. Hwang. 2004. A troodontid dinosaur from Ukhaa Tolgod (Late Cretaceous Mongolia). American Museum Novitates 3446:1-9 DOI ↗
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 ↗
M. T. Greenwald. 1971. The Lower Vertebrates of the Hell Creek Formation, Harding County, South Dakota.
H. F. Osborn. 1924. Three new Theropoda, Protoceratops zone, central Mongolia. American Museum Novitates 144:1-12