Hesperornithoides
Name:
Hesperornithoides
(Western bird).
Phonetic: Hes-per-or-nif-oy-dees.
Named By: S. Hartman, M. Mortimer, W. R.
Wahl, D. R. Lomax, J. Lippincott & D. M.
Lovelace - 2019.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Dinosauria,
Saurischia, Theropoda, Troodontidae.
Species: H. miessleri
(type).
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Possibly up to 1 meter long for the
holotype individual.
Known locations: USA, Wyoming - Morrison
Formation.
Time period: Tithonian of the Jurassic.
Fossil representation: Partial skull, jaw and post
cranial remains.
Hesperornithoides
is a genus of troodontid
dinosaur that lived in North America during
the late Jurassic.
Further reading
- A new paravian dinosaur
from the Late Jurassic of North America supports a late acquisition of
avian flight. - PeerJ 7:e7247. - S. Hartman, M.
Mortimer, W. R. Wahl, D. R. Lomax, J. Lippincott
& D. M. Lovelace - 2019.
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