Archaeornithoides deinosauriscus Elzanowski and Wellnhofer 1992 (maniraptoran)

Reptilia - Saurischia - Troodontidae

Full reference: A. Elzanowski and P. Wellnhofer. 1992. A new link between theropods and birds from the Cretaceous of Mongolia. Nature 359:821-823

Belongs to Archaeornithoides according to T. R. Holtz et al. 2004

See also Averianov and Sues 2007, Bever and Norell 2009, Czepiński 2020, Elzanowski and Wellnhofer 1992, Elzanowski and Wellnhofer 1993 and Osmólska 1997

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: ZPAL MgD-II/29. Its type locality is Bayn Dzak site [PMPE], which is in a Campanian eolian sandstone in the Djadokhta Formation of Mongolia.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore

Distribution: found only at Bayn Dzak site [PMPE]

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