Saurornithoides was a genus of troodontid maniraptoran dinosaur that lived in the Late Cretaceous period. Fossils were found in Mongolia and China. It was closely related to the troodontid. It was a fast-growing dinosaur about 79 million years ago. The name means \"bird-faced saurian\" in reference to its bird-like skull. In the 1920s, it was discovered in the Gobi Desert which was led by Roy Chapman Andrews.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was a member of a group of small, graceful, bird-like maniraptorans. It was a carnivorous dinosaur about 2 to 3 meters long and weighed between 23 and 54 kilograms. It had a large eye socket that allowed them to have good vision in the light and excellent night vision. It had a long, low head with a relatively large brain that made it fast and intelligent. It hunted small mammals using its long arms and hands to catch live prey, which would have consisted of small animals. It had a large claw on the second toe of each foot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saurornithoides is estimated to be 2.3 meters long and weigh between 23 and 54 kilograms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n