A small, active carnivore with long,
grasping hands but a small head and
conical teeth. Usually feeding on smaller
animals and carrion, it was suited to
hunting among dense vegetation.
Evidence,
A skull and associted skeleton found
in the Wyoming Morrison.
Size,
up to 8 feet (2.7 meters) long.
About 1 foot tall (.3 meters)
Weighed 25 to 90 pounds (40 kilograms)
Diet,
Small mammals, lizards, and insects,
but Ornitholestes was also an opportunist
hunter, who would eat carrion.
Time,
155-145 million years ago
late Jurassic early Cretaceous.
