Philovenator curriei 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

Belongs to Philovenator according to X. Xu et al. 2012

See also Evans et al. 2017, Gao et al. 2012, Sellés et al. 2021 and van der Reest and Currie 2017

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: IVPP P 10597, a set of postcrania. Its type locality is "North Canyon" locality, Bayan Mandahu, which is in a Campanian terrestrial horizon in the Wulansuhai Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore

Distribution: found only at "North Canyon" locality, Bayan Mandahu

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