Sinornithoides
Sinornithoides youngi
Sinornithoides (meaning "Chinese bird form") is a genus of troodontid theropod dinosaurs that lived during the Early Cretaceous (Aptian or Albian stage, around 113 million years ago) of Inner Mongolia, China. It contains only a single species, S. youngi. Sinornithoides measured approximately 1 metre (3.3 ft) long, and probably ate invertebrates and other small prey.
- Family
- Troodontidae
- Order
- Saurischia
- Period
- Cretaceous (130.0–125.0 Ma)
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Length
- 1.1 m
- Weight
- 2–3 kg
- Type locality
- Ejinhoro Formation, Inner Mongolia, China
- Holotype
- IVPP V9612
- PBDB
- txn:58888