Saurornithoides Mongoliensis

Saurornithoides is a genus of Troodontid from late Cretaceous Mongolia. Sauronithoides isn't exceptionally large, being around ten feet long and one hundred pounds, but it was still deadly. It's name means ' Chinese bird form' and it's not difficult to see why. Like its North American Cousin Troodon,  It  had huge eye sockets and small sharp teeth, and the characterstic sickle claw on each foot. The large eye sockets suggest a mainly nocturnal lifestyle, which would be suitable for attacking unsuspecting prey as it sleeps.

But it was far from the only predator. Saurornithoides shared its environment with two Dromaeosaurs, Velociraptor Mongoliensis & Achillobator Giganticus. The massive Tyrannosaur Tarbosaurus Bataar also prowled Late Cretaceous Mongolia, and may have preyed on Saurornithoides when it got the oppurtunity. Sauronithoides itself probably preyed on any small desert dwelling animal it could attack. Ranging from small mammals to Juvenile Dinosaurs taking on adult prey only if they had numbers.

When it comes to smarts, Sauronithoides seems to take the cake. Paleontologists look at the brain weight to body weight ratio, similiar to Troodon,it  and judge that Sauronithoides was extremely intelligient. The fact that its eyes are situated pointing forward hints that, like many modern animals, Saurornithoides may have had stereoscopic vision, a characteristic that would have helped it to judge distance. This would have been an animal that you would not want to run into in a dark alley. Sauronithoides was featured on the Documentaries Last day of the dinosaurs and Planet Dinosaur, featured as a pack hunting lethal animal taking down animals many times their size.