Saurornithoides facts for kids
Quick facts for kids SaurornithoidesTemporal range: Upper Cretaceous
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Saurornithoides
Osborn, 1924
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Saurornithoides was a fast running dinosaur from 79 million years ago. It was related to Troodon. Its fossils have been found in Mongolia and China.
Like its cousin Troodon, Saurornithoides was an intelligent predator, with large eyes and good vision. It had a retractable, sickle-shaped claw on the second claw of each foot that was used for attacking prey. Saurornithoides probably fed on small prey, such as lizards, frogs, insects, and small mammals. It may also have hunted in packs to bring down other dinosaurs. Saurornithoides was discovered in the Gobi Desert on an expedition in the 1920s. The dinosaurs Velociraptor, Protoceratops, and Oviraptor were also discovered during these expeditions to the Gobi Desert.
Images for kids
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Left foot of the type specimen as seen from the inside
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A restoration of Saurornithoides mongoliensis
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A comparison between a Saurornithoides mongoliensis specimen and an average human male
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Cast of the skull shown from the right
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Maxillary teeth
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Holotype skull seen from the right, below, and above
See also
In Spanish: Saurornithoides mongoliensis para niños
