Reptilia - Saurischia - Troodontidae
Alternative combination: Saurornitholestes robustus
Full reference: R. M. Sullivan. 2006. Saurornitholestes robustus, n. sp. (Theropoda: Dromaeosauridae) from the Upper Cretaceous Kirtland Formation (De-na-zin Member), San Juan Basin, New Mexico. Late Cretaceous Vertebrates from the Western Interior. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 35:253-256
Belongs to Xenovenator according to H. E. Rivera-Sylva et al. 2026
See also Evans et al. 2014, Jasinski 2015, Sullivan 2006 and Williamson and Brusatte 2014
Sister taxon: Xenovenator espinosai
Type specimen: SMP VP-1955, a partial skull (frontal). Its type locality is north fork, Alamo Wash, SMP Loc. 388a, which is in a Campanian terrestrial horizon in the Kirtland Formation of New Mexico.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (3: New Mexico collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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