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, Harenadraco, Heptasteornis, Hesperornithoides, Jinfengopteryginae, Koparion, Laelaps cristatus, Laelaps laevifrons, Papiliovenator, Pectinodon, Polyodontosaurus grandis, Saurornitholestes robustus, Sinovenatorinae, Sinusonasus, Tochisaurus, Troodontinae, Xixiasaurus
Subtaxa: Anchiornis huxleyi
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of China (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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