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Troodontidae

Archaeornithoides

Generic raptor body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Archaeornithoides 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic raptor body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Archaeornithoides
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (75 Mya)
Place
Mongolia
Food
Carnivore
Clade
Troodontidae Dinosauria Saurischia Theropoda Coelurosauria Small, brainy, feathered theropods.

Archaeornithoides is a genus of maniraptoran theropod dinosaur of the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia.

What we know

  • Named by Elzanowksi & Wellnhofer, 1992.
  • Fossils found in Mongolia.

What we guess

The reconstruction notes for Archaeornithoides — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.