Ornitholestes hermanni, a new compsognathoid dinosaur from the Upper Jurassic. Bulletin of the AMNH; v. 19, article 12
Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (via Biodiversity Heritage Library)
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Osborn's 1903 original description erects the genus and species and places it among the compsognathoid coelurosaurian theropods, the basis of its Dinosauria–Saurischia–Theropoda–Coelurosauria–Coeluridae lineage.
Åpne kilde ↗PBDB Taxon: Ornitholestes hermanni Osborn 1903
The Paleobiology Database
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Records the type specimen AMNH 619 and its type locality, Bone Cabin Quarry in a Kimmeridgian/Tithonian channel sandstone of the Morrison Formation, Wyoming, documenting the taxon's geographic and stratigraphic range.
Åpne kilde ↗Jurassic "savannah"—plant taphonomy and climate of the Morrison Formation (Upper Jurassic, Western USA)
Sedimentary Geology (Elsevier)
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Reconstructs the Morrison Formation palaeoenvironment as a seasonal, semi-arid to wet–dry floodplain landscape with fluctuating groundwater and gallery vegetation, the habitat in which Ornitholestes lived.
Åpne kilde ↗Ornitholestes – Dino Directory
Natural History Museum, London
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The museum's species entry classifies Ornitholestes as a meat-eating (carnivorous) theropod dinosaur.
Åpne kilde ↗A chronostratigraphic framework for the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, western U.S.A.
Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)
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Extinct taxon; conservation status NE
Åpne kilde ↗The implications of a dry climate for the paleoecology of the fauna of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation
Sedimentary Geology (Elsevier)
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Peer-reviewed overview of the Morrison Formation vertebrate fauna and its ecology, providing authoritative context for describing Ornitholestes as a small Late Jurassic predator of western North America.
Åpne kilde ↗The implications of a dry climate for the paleoecology of the fauna of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation
Sedimentary Geology (Elsevier)
Sjekket: 6.9.2026
Peer-reviewed overview of the Morrison Formation vertebrate fauna and its ecology, providing authoritative context for describing Ornitholestes as a small Late Jurassic predator of western North America.
Åpne kilde ↗The implications of a dry climate for the paleoecology of the fauna of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation
Sedimentary Geology (Elsevier)
Sjekket: 6.9.2026
Peer-reviewed overview of the Morrison Formation vertebrate fauna and its ecology, providing authoritative context for describing Ornitholestes as a small Late Jurassic predator of western North America.
Åpne kilde ↗The implications of a dry climate for the paleoecology of the fauna of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation
Sedimentary Geology (Elsevier)
Sjekket: 6.9.2026
Peer-reviewed overview of the Morrison Formation vertebrate fauna and its ecology, providing authoritative context for describing Ornitholestes as a small Late Jurassic predator of western North America.
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