Saurornitholestes Sues 1978 (maniraptoran)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Dromaeosauridae

Full reference: H.-D. Sues. 1978. A new small theropod dinosaur from the Judith River Formation (Campanian) of Alberta Canada. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 62:381-400

Parent taxon: Saurornitholestinae according to P. J. Currie and D. C. Evans 2020

See also Brinkman et al. 1998, Brown and Druckenmiller 2011, Buffetaut et al. 1986, Burnham et al. 2004, Carroll 1988, Chanthasit and Buffetaut 2009, Clemens 1986, Currie 1987, Currie 1992, Currie 1995, Currie 1997, Currie and Peng 1994, Currie et al. 1990, Currie and Varricchio 2004, Dodson 1983, Eberth 1997, Eberth et al. 2001, Ezcurra 2009, Gianechini et al. 2011, Godefroit et al. 2008, Godefroit et al. 2009, Hendrickx and Mateus 2014, Jasinski 2015, Jasinski et al. 2020, Kiernan and Schwimmer 2004, Larson and Currie 2013, Le Loeuff and Buffetaut 1995, Le Loeuff and Buffetaut 1998, Longrich 2008, Longrich and Currie 2009, Martínez and Novas 2006, Norell and Makovicky 1997, Norell and Makovicky 1999, Norell and Makovicky 2004, Osmolska 1990, Paul 1988, Paul 1988, Pei et al. 2014, Peng et al. 2001, Prieto-Marquez et al. 2012, Rauhut 2003, Russell 1984, Sankey et al. 2002, Sankey et al. 2005, Senter et al. 2004, Sereno 1997, Sues 1978, Sullivan 2006, Sullivan and Lucas 2000, Thulborn 1984, Turner et al. 2007, van der Reest and Currie 2017, Williamson and Brusatte 2014 and Zinke 1998

Sister taxon: Atrociraptor

Subtaxa: Saurornitholestes langstoni Saurornitholestes sullivani

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Canada (79: Alberta, Saskatchewan collections), France (1), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (59: Alabama, Alaska, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming)

Total: 141 collections including 147 occurrences

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