Xiaotingia Xu et al. 2011 (maniraptoran)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Troodontidae

Full reference: X. Xu, H. You, K. Du and F. Han. 2011. An Archaeopteryx-like theropod from China and the origin of Avialae. Nature 475:465-470

Parent taxon: Sinovenatorinae according to A. G. Sellés et al. 2021

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

Sister taxa: Jianianhualong, Mei, Sinovenator

Subtaxa: Xiaotingia zhengi

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Type: Xiaotingia zhengi

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore

Distribution: found only at Daxishan, Linglongta (Jurassic of China)

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