Describer

Russell & Dong, 1994

Time

Cretaceous Early

Classification

Saurischia Theropoda Tetanurae Coelurosauria Maniraptora Troodontidae

Diet

Carnivore

Fossilsite

Ejinhoro Formation, Ordos Basin, near the vilaage of Muhuaxiao, Inner Mongolia, China

Info

Genus - Typespecies

Holotype

IVPP V9612.

S. youngi was a small young animal weighing only 2,5 kg.

The degree of ossification and the relative proportions of the body suggest it was almost mature.