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Saurornithoides is a genus of theropod dinosaur from Mongolia. It appeared in the 2010 documentary The Last Day of the Dinosaurs

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  • Saurornithoides is a genus of theropod dinosaur from Mongolia. It appeared in the 2010 documentary The Last Day of the Dinosaurs
  • Saurornithoides is a genus of troodontid maniraptoran dinosaur, living 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 sauros (lizard), ornithos (bird) and oid (form), an appropriate name for a creature close to the ancestry of birds.
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  • (Osborn, 1924)
  • Saurornithoides
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  • (Osborn, 1924 )
  • *S. mongoliensis
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  • Saurornithoides
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  • Holotype skull of Saurornithoides mongoliensis, AMNH
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  • Late Cretaceous, 75 Ma
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  • Right side of a cast of the only known skull of Saurornithoides mongoliensis.
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  • Saurornithoides is a genus of troodontid maniraptoran dinosaur, living 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 sauros (lizard), ornithos (bird) and oid (form), an appropriate name for a creature close to the ancestry of birds. Saurornithoides, like others in its family, was probably predominantly carnivorous. Estimates of its length range from 2 to 3 meters (6.6 to 9.8 ft) and weight from 23 to 54 kilograms (51 to 120 lb). It had large eye sockets and stereoscopic vision, allowing for good depth perception. It probably had good vision in light and very good night vision. It had a long, low head, a depressed muzzle, sharp teeth and a relatively large brain. Swift and smart, like its North American cousin Troodon, Sauronrnithoides probably scoured the Gobi Desert, looking for small mammals or reptiles to eat. Scientists speculate that it used its long 'arms' and grasping 'hands' to seize live prey, which would have consisted of small animals. Like other troodontids, it had an especially large claw on the second toe of each foot. A single specimen of this theropod has been found in the Djadochta Formation of Mongolia. Saurornithoides was named by paleontologist Osborn in 1924. The type and only species is S. mongoliensis. A second species, S. junior, was named by Rinchen Barsbold in 1974, based on a specimen from the Nemegt Formation thought to be more closely related to S. mongoliensis than to other troodonts. However, a 2009 review of the genus found that the support for this idea was lacking, and re-classified S. junior in the new genus Zanabazar.
  • Saurornithoides is a genus of theropod dinosaur from Mongolia. It appeared in the 2010 documentary The Last Day of the Dinosaurs
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