Reptilia - Theropoda - Dromaeosauridae

Alternative combination: Velociraptor langstoni

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

Belongs to Saurornitholestes according to P. J. Currie and D. C. Evans 2020

See also Bell and Currie 2016, Bever and Norell 2009, Brinkman et al. 1998, Brown and Druckenmiller 2011, Brownstein 2018, Buffetaut et al. 1986, Burnham et al. 2000, Chanthasit and Buffetaut 2009, Currie 1987, Currie 1992, Currie 2005, Currie and Koppelhus 2015, Currie and Peng 1994, Currie et al. 1990, Currie and Varricchio 2004, DePalma et al. 2015, Eberth et al. 2001, Evans et al. 2014, Godefroit et al. 2008, Godefroit et al. 2009, Goianechini and Apesteguía 2011, Jasinski 2015, Jasinski et al. 2020, Kiernan and Schwimmer 2004, Knoll and Ruiz-Omeñaca 2009, Larson and Currie 2013, Le Loeuff and Buffetaut 1998, Longrich 2008, Longrich 2008, Longrich and Currie 2009, Mallon et al. 2016, Norell and Makovicky 1997, Norell and Makovicky 1999, Norell and Makovicky 2004, Paul 1988, Paul 1988, Peng et al. 2001, Prieto-Marquez et al. 2012, Rauhut 2003, Rivera-Sylva and Carpenter 2014, Sankey et al. 2002, Sankey et al. 2005, Senter et al. 2004, Sues 1978, Sullivan 2006, Sullivan and Lucas 2000, Sullivan and Lucas 2003, Sullivan et al. 2005, Torices et al. 2008, Torres-Rodríguez et al. 2010, Turner et al. 2007, Turner et al. 2011, van der Reest and Currie 2017 and Williamson and Brusatte 2014

Sister taxon: Saurornitholestes sullivani

Type specimen: RTMP 74.10.5 = TMP 1974.010.0005, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is RTMP Quarry 140, Steveville, which is in a Campanian terrestrial sandstone in the Dinosaur Park Formation of Canada.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): femur circumference 63.0, fibula circumference 13.0, tibia circumference 58.3

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.