Archaeornithoides dinosaur facts, stats and image

Archaeornithoides

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PRONUNCIATION:

AHR-kee-OR-ni-THOY-deez

TRANSLATION:

First Bird

ALSO KNOWN AS:

n/a

DESCRIPTION:

Carnivore, Bipedal

ORDER:

Saurischia

SUBORDER:

Theropoda

INFRAORDER:

Tetanurae

SUPERFAMILY:

n/a

MICRO-ORDER:

Maniraptora(of the microorder Coelurosauria)

SUPERFAMILY:

n/a

FAMILY:

Archaeornithoididae

HEIGHT:

n/a

LENGTH:

3.3 feet (1 meter)

WEIGHT:

n/a

PERIOD:

Late Cretaceous

NOTES:

Archaeornithoides is the among the smallest of dinosaurs. Many of its bones resemble those of modern birds, hence its name, but the bones also indicate a kinship with the troodontids and spinosaurids.



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