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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
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.