Liaoningvenator Shen et al. 2017 (maniraptoran)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Troodontidae

Full reference: C.-z. Shen, B. Zhao, and C.-l. Gao, J.-c., and M. Kundrát. 2017. A new troodontid dinosaur (Liaoningvenator curriei gen. et sp. nov.) from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation in western Liaoning Province. Acta Geoscientica Sinica 38(3):359-371

Parent taxon: Jinfengopteryginae according to A. G. Sellés et al. 2021

See also Shen et al. 2017

Sister taxa: Jinfengopteryx, Philovenator, Tamarro

Subtaxa: Liaoningvenator curriei

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Type: Liaoningvenator curriei

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore

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

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