Philovenator Xu et al. 2012 (maniraptoran)

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

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore

Distribution: found only at "North Canyon" locality, Bayan Mandahu (Cretaceous of China)

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