Reptilia - Saurischia - Troodontidae
Alternative combination: Laetinavenatrix mcmasterae
Full reference: A. J. van der Reest and P. J. Currie. 2017. Troodontids (Theropoda) from the Dinosaur Park Formation, Alberta, with a description of a unique new taxon: implications for deinonychosaur diversity in North America . Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 54:919-935
Belongs to Latenivenatrix according to A. J. van der Reest and P. J. Currie 2017
See also Carr et al. 2022
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: CMN 12340, a partial skeleton (a partial skeleton including paired frontals and parietals, right postorbital, basioccipital, basisphenoid, partial dorsal vertebra, three partial caudal verteb). Its type locality is RTMP Quarry 133, Red Deer River (NMC), which is in a Campanian terrestrial claystone/sandstone in the Dinosaur Park Formation of Canada.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (4: Alberta collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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