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Saurornithoides

Saurornithoides mongoliensis (Osborn 1924)

Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · 83.6–66 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
carnivore, omnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Overview

Saurornithoides mongoliensis is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 83.6–66.0 million years ago. It was a carnivore, omnivore. It was named by (Osborn 1924). The species is represented by 5 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.

Fossil Record Completeness

How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record

~18%
fragmentary record
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 5 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time

Where Saurornithoides sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Saurornithoides
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

These species share Saurornithoides's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.

coexisted–with
Triceratops
Triceratops horridus
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coexisted–with
Alamosaurus
Alamosaurus sanjuanensis
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coexisted–with
Edmontosaurus
Edmontosaurus annectens
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coexisted–with
Thescelosaurus
Thescelosaurus neglectus
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coexisted–with
Pachycephalosaurus
Pachycephalosaurus wyomingensis
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same–clade
Dryptosaurus
Dryptosaurus aquilunguis
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same–clade
Tyrannosaurus
Tyrannosaurus rex
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same–clade
Tyrannosaurus
Tyrannosaurus mcraeensis
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