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Saurornithoides

Il num vul dir: “lizard with bird-like form”1

Saurornithoides was a small, fast, bird-like dinosaur that lived in the Late Cretaceous period. It had big eyes for seeing in the dark and a sharp claw on each foot to catch its prey. This smart hunter probably scoured the Gobi Desert for small mammals and reptiles.1

Viveva

avant 100 fin 66 milliuns onns4

Cretacic tardiv

Fossils chattads en

Mongolia (Bayan Zag, Djadokhta Formation), and possibly China, the United States (South Dakota, Wyoming), and Uzbekistan1 4

Lunghezza

fin 2,3 m (7,5 ft)1

Autezza

0,78 m (2,6 ft)

stima

Spertadad maximala

var 44 km/h (27 mph)

Currer, stima

Cura viveva el?

Triassic

Giurassic

Cretacic

avant 252 milliuns onns20114566, l'asteroid

Quant grond era el?

Quant lung era el?

Quant aut era el?

stima

uschè lung sco 5 giats da chasa dal nas a la cuauschè lung sco 13 bananas ina suenter l'autrapudess currer 100 meters en 8,2 secundas (il pli spert uman dovra 9,6)

Quant grond era Saurornithoides cumpareglià cun TAI?

Mo matematica en tes navigatur. Nagut na vegn arcunà u tramess.

Quant spert era el?

Ina persuna che va a pe var 5 km/h (3 mph)

In uffant sin il velo var 12 km/h (7 mph)

Saurornithoides var 44 km/h (27 mph)

In chaval che galoppescha var 65 km/h (40 mph)

In gepard var 100 km/h (62 mph)

chaussas cool

Fatgs divertents

Saurornithoides had a large brain for its size, making it one of the smartest non-bird dinosaurs.1

Its eyes were huge and gave it excellent stereoscopic vision, which helped it judge distances when hunting at night.1

The first Saurornithoides fossil was found on July 9, 1923, by a Chinese employee of an American Museum of Natural History expedition named Chih.1

A baby Saurornithoides had very strong leg bones, suggesting that troodontid babies could walk soon after hatching and needed little parental care.1

It had a retractable sickle claw on the second toe of each foot, like its cousin Troodon.1

The name was originally going to be 'Ornithoides' (bird-like), but Henry Fairfield Osborn changed it to Saurornithoides when he formally described it in 1924.1

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Las dumondas las pli frequentas davart Saurornithoides

?How big was Saurornithoides?

About 2 metres (6.6 feet) long. That is roughly the length of a large sofa.3

?What does the name Saurornithoides mean?

It means 'bird-like lizard' in Greek, because its skull looked like a bird's.3

?Was Saurornithoides related to Velociraptor?

Yes, it resembled Velociraptor. Both are theropod dinosaurs.1

?Where was Saurornithoides found?

In Mongolia, in the Gobi Desert. Its fossils come from the Djadochta Formation.1

?When did Saurornithoides live?

It lived during the Late Cretaceous period, about 85 to 80 million years ago.3

?How many species of Saurornithoides were there?

Only one valid species is known: Saurornithoides mongoliensis. Other named species have been moved to different dinosaurs or are no longer considered valid.1

Per experts da dinos

Num scientific: Saurornithoides
Numnà da: Osborn 19244
Gruppa: Raptors
Famiglia / clada: Troodontidae4
Classificaziun: Theropoda > Theropoda > Troodontidae > Compsognathidae4
Vegliadetgna da la crappa: 100 fin 66 milliuns onns (Cenomanian / Maastrichtian)4
Formaziuns da crap: Djadokhta, Hell Creek, Bayan Mandahu4
Pajais: Mongolia, USA, China, Usbekistan4
Chats da fossils: 8 en The Paleobiology Database4
Scuverta: Saurornithoides was named by Henry Fairfield Osborn in 1924 based on a skull and other bones found in Mongolia by a Chinese collector named Chih in 1923.1
Anc discutà: Scientists are not sure whether Saurornithoides is more closely related to North American troodontids like Troodon or to other Asian troodontids.2

Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs

Saurornithoides (en.wikipedia.org)
A review of the Mongolian Cretaceous dinosaur Saurornithoides (Troodontidae, Theropoda). (American Museum novitates, no. 3654) (digitallibrary.amnh.org)
Saurornithoides | Natural History Museum (nhm.ac.uk)
Saurornithoides in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): vegliadetgna, lieus, formaziuns da crap, classificaziun.

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