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Saurornithoides Saurornithoides mongoliensis (Osborn 1924)
/sɔːˌrɔːrnɪˈθɔɪdiːz/
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · 83.6–66 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
carnivore, omnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Where It Was Found
Countries
Mongolia, United States, China
Regions
South Dakota · Omnogov Aimak · Nei Mongol · Omnogov
Formations
Djadokhta · Hell Creek · Bayan Mandahu
Dig sites
5
distinct collections
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 is recorded as ground-dwelling. Fossils have been recovered from South Dakota, Mongolia and elsewhere. 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%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 5 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Saurornithoides mongoliensis sits in deep time
Saurornithoides
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Saurornithoides mongoliensis's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.