Reptilia - Theropoda - Troodontidae
Alternative combination: Sinornithoides youngii
Full reference: D. A. Russell and Z.-M. Dong. 1994. A nearly complete skeleton of a new troodontid dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of the Ordos Basin, Inner Mongolia, People's Republic of China. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 30(10-11):2163-2173
Belongs to Sinornithoides according to P. Senter et al. 2004
See also Bever and Norell 2009, Chen 2017, Chiappe 2002, Currie 2000, Currie and Dong 2001, Gao et al. 2012, Godefroit et al. 2008, Kubo et al. 2023, Lü et al. 2010, Makovicky et al. 2003, Makovicky and Norell 2004, Norell and Makovicky 1997, Norell et al. 2000, Norell et al. 2009, Poropat and Kear 2013, Prieto-Marquez et al. 2012, Rauhut 2003, Russell and Dong 1994, Sellés et al. 2021, Varricchio 1997, Varricchio et al. 2002, Xing et al. 2018, Zanno et al. 2013 and Zanno et al. 2011
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: IVPP V9612, a skeleton. Its type locality is Huamuxiao, Ordos Basin, which is in a Valanginian/Albian eolian sandstone/mudstone in the Ejinhoro Formation of China.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore
Distribution: found only at Huamuxiao, Ordos Basin
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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