Saurornithoides
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phylum | Chordata | 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. Saurornithoides, means bird shaped lizard. Like others in its family, was probably predominantly carnivorous. Estimates of its length range from 2 to 3 metres and weight from 23 to 54 kilograms. It is known a single species (Saurornithoides mongoliensis).
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clade | Diapsida | |
infraclass | Dinosauria | |
order | Saurischia | |
Suborder | Theropoda | |
family | Troodontidae | |
genus | Saurornithoides | |
Period | Late Cretaceous |
Lontic Saurornithoides