0.8" Saurornitholestes Raptor Serrated Tooth Fossil Judith River FM MT COA, Display

Location: Judith River Formation, Hill County, Montana (Private Land Origin) 

Weight: 0.3 Ounces 

Dimensions Tooth: 0.8 Inches Long, 0.3 Inches Wide, 0.1 Inches Thick

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Saurornitholestes, meaning "lizard-bird thief," is a genus of carnivorous dromaeosaurid theropod dinosaur from the late Cretaceous period, found in Alberta, Montana, and New Mexico. It includes two species: Saurornitholestes langstoni, identified in 1978, and Saurornitholestes sullivani, discovered in 2015. This small, bipedal predator was characterized by a sickle-shaped claw on its foot. Like other dromaeosaurids, Saurornitholestes had a long, curved, blade-like claw on its second toe. It was more long-legged and lightly built compared to relatives such as Velociraptor and Dromaeosaurus. It resembles Velociraptor with large, fang-like teeth at the front of the jaws, and its closest relative appears to be Velociraptor, although the exact evolutionary relationships within Dromaeosauridae remain somewhat unclear.

Saurornitholestes was about 1.8 meters (6 feet) long and weighed approximately 10 kilograms (30 pounds). At the hip it stood 0.6 meters (2 feet), or around as tall as the length of a terrier. Saurornitholestes sullivani is thought to have had a keen sense of smell, due to its skull suggesting an unusually large olfactory bulb.