Hesperornithoides miessleri
"western bird form"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Hesperornithoides 1 m (3.3 ft) long
as long as 2 people standing fingertip to fingertip
- Length
- 1 m (3.3 ft)
- Period
- Late Jurassic (163–145 Mya)
- Place
- North America
- Food
- Carnivore
- Clade
- Troodontidae Dinosauria Saurischia Theropoda Coelurosauria Small, brainy, feathered theropods.
Hesperornithoides (meaning “western bird form”; nicknamed “Lori”) is a genus of troodontid theropod dinosaur that lived in North America during the Late Jurassic period.
What we know
- Named by Hartman et al., 2019.
- Body length estimated at about 1 m.
- Fossils found in North America.
What we guess
The reconstruction notes for Hesperornithoides — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.