Reptilia - Theropoda - Caenagnathidae
Full reference: J. H. Ostrom. 1970. Stratigraphy and paleontology of the Cloverly Formation (Lower Cretaceous) of the Bighorn Basin area, Wyoming and Montana. Peabody Museum Bulletin 35:1-234
Parent taxon: Caenagnathidae according to G. F. Funston 2020
See also Balanoff et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Currie and Russell 1985, Funston and Currie 2016, Holtz 1996, Holtz 2000, Lamanna et al. 2014, Longrich et al. 2013, Lü et al. 2015, Lü et al. 2004, Lü and Zhang 2005, Mackovicky and Sues 1997, Makovicky and Sues 1998, Molnar 1980, Osmolska 1990, Osmólska et al. 2004, Ostrom 1970, Paul 1988, Rauhut 2003, Russell 1984, Russell and Dong 1994, Senter et al. 2004, Sullivan et al. 2011, Tsuihiji et al. 2015, Tsuihiji et al. 2017 and Zhao 1983
Sister taxa: Anomalipes, Beibeilong, Caenagnathinae, Chirostenotes, Elmisaurinae, Eoneophron, Gigantoraptor, Leptorhynchos, Ojoraptorsaurus, Ojoraptorsaurus boerei
Subtaxa: Microvenator celer Microvenator chagyabi
Type: Microvenator celer
Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (4: Montana, Wyoming collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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