Saurornithoides
genus · Osborn 1924 · accepted · extinct
1 descendant taxa · 8 fossil sites · 6 formations · 4 countries
Lived when
Cretaceous – Paleogene
100.5–66 million years ago
Found where
4 countries
6 rock formations
Fossil record
8 sites
0 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 35 million years, from 100.5 to 66 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 66 million years old — that is roughly 220 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Saurornithoides was named in 1924 (Osborn 1924) — 102 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 4 countries and 6 named rock formations.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).