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Saurornitholestes
Painting by Tom Stewart
Reprinted Courtesy of Alaska Geographic Society
Saurornitholestes SORE or NITH o LESS teez PronuciationPronuciation
Tail vertebrate and teeth evidence. This agile theropod was equipped with sicklelike claws on its back feet and may have hunted in packs. These smaller theropods are also found in stressed ecosystems like deserts. (Age: Late Campanian to Maastrichtian)
Diet Rock Formation Geologic Age Million Years Old
Meat-Eating Colville Group Late Cretaceous 66-71
Alaska Location Height Length Weight
North Slope 6 ft. 4 ft. 100 lbs.
Modified from Campbell (1994)

 

 

 

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