Saurornitholestes

- Pronunciation: SAWR-or-NITH-uh-les-teez
- Translation: Lizard Bird-Robber
- Order: Saurischia
- Suborder: Theropoda
- Infraorder: Tetanurae
- Micro-order: Maniraptora (of the microorder Coelurosauria)
- Family: Dromaeosauridae (not confirmed)
- Height: 3 feet (0.9 meters)
- Length: 6 feet (1.8 meters)
- Period: Late Cretaceous
- Description: Carnivore, Bipedal
- Notes: Found in Alberta, Canada, this agile and powerful predatorhad grasping hands with sharp claws, and perhaps a large switch-blade-like second-toe claw.