Sinornithoides
| Sinornithoides Temporal range: Early Cretaceous,
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| Fossil | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Family: | †Troodontidae |
| Genus: | †Sinornithoides Russell & Dong, 1993 |
| Species: | †S. youngi
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| Binomial name | |
| †Sinornithoides youngi Russell & Dong, 1993
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Sinornithoides (meaning "Chinese bird form") is a genus of troodontid theropod dinosaurs that lived during the Early Cretaceous (Aptian or Albian stage, around 113 million years ago) of Inner Mongolia, China. It contains only a single species, S. youngi. Sinornithoides measured approximately 1 metre (3.3 ft) long, and probably ate invertebrates and other small prey.