Jianianhualong tengi Xu et al. 2017 (maniraptoran)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Troodontidae

Full reference: X. Xu, P. Currie, M. Pittman, L. Xing, and Q. Meng, J., D. Hu and C. Yu. 2017. Mosaic evolution in an asymmetrically feathered troodontid dinosaur with transitional features. Nature Communications 8:14972:1-12

Belongs to Jianianhualong according to X. Xu et al. 2017

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: DLXH 1218, a skeleton (A nearly complete skeleton with associated feathers). Its type locality is Baicaigou, Toutai, which is in a Barremian/Aptian lacustrine shale/mudstone in the Yixian Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore

Distribution: found only at Baicaigou, Toutai

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