TheropodaDromaeosauridae

Saurornitholestes langstoni

Saurornitholestes langstoni skeletal reconstruction, left lateral view, reconstructed length ~1.75 m.
Scale bar = 25 centimeters
Taxon
Saurornitholestes langstoni Sues, 1978
Reconstructed length
~1.8 m (6 feet)
View
Left lateral
Drawing
© Scott Hartman
Drawn
2010, revised 2022
Clade
  1. Theropoda
  2. Tetanurae
  3. Coelurosauria
  4. Maniraptoriformes
  5. Maniraptora
  6. Paraves
  7. Dromaeosauridae

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Saurornitholestes was a dromaeosaurid (small-to-medium, sickle-clawed predatory theropods) from the Late Cretaceous of western North America. Saurornitholestes was a lightly built, agile hunter. It lived alongside Bambiraptor, who is similar enough that some have suggested the two might be the same species, although that is not currently the consensus view.

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