Daliansaurus liaoningensis Shen et al. 2017 (maniraptoran)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Troodontidae

Full reference: C. Shen, J. Lü, S. Liu, M. Kundrát, S. L. Brusatte and H. Gao. 2017. A new troodontid dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation of Liaoning Province, China. Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) 91(3):763-780

Belongs to Daliansaurus according to C. Shen et al. 2017

See also Yang et al. 2020

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: DNHM D2885, a skeleton (A nearly complete skeleton). Its type locality is Lujiatun village, Shangyuan [general] (other), which is in a Barremian/Aptian fluvial-lacustrine horizon in the Yixian Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore

Distribution: found only at Lujiatun village, Shangyuan [general] (other)

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