†Philovenator Xu et al. 2012 (maniraptoran)
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Reptilia - Theropoda - Troodontidae
Full reference: X. Xu, Q. Zhao, C. Sullivan, Q.-W. Tan, M. Sander and Q.-Y. Ma. 2012. The taxonomy of the troodontid IVPP V 10597 reconsidered. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 50(2):140-150
Parent taxon: Jinfengopteryginae according to A. G. Sellés et al. 2021
See also Tsuihiji et al. 2014, van der Reest and Currie 2017 and Xu et al. 2012
Sister taxa: Jinfengopteryx, Liaoningvenator, Tamarro
Subtaxa: Philovenator curriei
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore
Distribution: found only at "North Canyon" locality, Bayan Mandahu (Cretaceous of China)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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