Reptilia - Saurischia - Troodontidae
Full reference: M. A. Norell, P. J. Makovicky, G. S. Bever, A. M. Balanoff, J. M. Clark, R. Barsbold, and T. Rowe. 2009. A review of the Mongolian Cretaceous dinosaur Saurornithoides (Troodontidae: Theropoda). American Museum Novitates 3654:1-63
Parent taxon: Troodontinae according to A. G. Sellés et al. 2021
See also Gianechini et al. 2017, Godefroit et al. 2013, Hendrickx and Mateus 2014, Lü et al. 2010, Norell et al. 2009, Tsuihiji et al. 2014, van der Reest and Currie 2017, Williamson and Brusatte 2014, Xu et al. 2012 and Zanno et al. 2011
Sister taxa: Borogovia, Byronosaurus, Hypnovenator, Latenivenatrix, Linhevenator, Saurornithoides, Sinornithoides, Stenonychosaurus, Talos, Troodon, Urbacodon
Subtaxa: Zanabazar junior
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore
Distribution: found only at Bugin Tsav [SMPE] (Cretaceous of Mongolia)
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