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Troodontidae

Mei

Generic raptor body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Mei 2 m (6.6 ft) long
as long as 2 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic raptor body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Mei
Length
2 m (6.6 ft)
Period
Early Cretaceous (125.8–119.6 Mya)
Food
Carnivore
Clade
Troodontidae Dinosauria Saurischia Theropoda Coelurosauria Small, brainy, feathered theropods.

Mei is a troodontidae known from the Cretaceous period, of uncertain origin. Most of what’s published comes from a small number of specimens, and the fuller picture of how it lived is still being worked out.

What we know

  • Originally named by Xu and Norell 2004.