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About 1.6 m long, much smaller than the contemporary Dromaeosaurus. The serrations on its teeth differed from those of dromaeosaurus. A tooth from S. langstoni has been found in the bone of a Quetzalcoatlus suggesting it may have fed on carrion, though it has been suggested a pack of S. langstoni may have overpowered the pterosaur on the ground. The San Huan Basin in New Mexico was also the site where the remains of another species, Saurornitholestes robustus was found. In Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada, where it was found, it was the most common small theropod in the Early Cretaceous. It has been suggested that Saurornitholestes may be a junior synonym for Velociraptor.
- Feathered Dinosaurs: the Origin of Birds, John Long and Peter Schouten, CSIRO Publishing
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