Anchiornis Xu et al. 2009 (maniraptoran)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Troodontidae

Full reference: X. Xu, Q. Zhao, M. Norell, C. Sullivan, D. Hone, G. Erickson, X. Wang, F. Han, and Y. Guo. 2009. A new feathered maniraptoran dinosaur fossil that fills a morphological gap in avian origin. Chinese Science Bulletin 54(3):430-435

Parent taxon: Troodontidae according to A. J. van der Reest and P. J. Currie 2017

See also Gianechini et al. 2017, Godefroit et al. 2013, Hu et al. 2009, Lee and Worthy 2011, Lü et al. 2010, O'Connor and Sullivan 2014, Tsuihiji et al. 2014, Xu et al. 2009 and Zhou and Wang 2017

Sister taxa: Albertavenator, Almas, Archaeornithoides, Bradycneme, Daliansaurus, Geminiraptor, Gobivenator, Heptasteornis, Hesperornithoides, Jinfengopteryginae, Koparion, Laelaps cristatus, Laelaps laevifrons, Papiliovenator, Pectinodon, Polyodontosaurus grandis, Saurornitholestes robustus, Sinovenatorinae, Sinusonasus, Tochisaurus, Troodontinae, Xixiasaurus

Subtaxa: Anchiornis huxleyi

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of China (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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