Tochisaurus Kurzanov and Osmólska 1991 (maniraptoran)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Troodontidae

Full reference: S. M. Kurzanov and H. Osmólska. 1991. Tochisaurus nemegtensis gen. et sp. n., a new troodontid dinosaur (Dinosauria, Theropoda) from Mongolia. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 36(1):69-76

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

See also Barsbold 1997, Chure 1994, Currie 2000, Currie and Peng 1994, Kurzanov and Osmólska 1991, Lü et al. 2010, Makovicky and Norell 2004, Norell et al. 2009, Porfiri et al. 2011, Rauhut 2003, Tsuihiji et al. 2014 and Varricchio 1997

Sister taxa: Albertavenator, Almas, Anchiornis, Archaeornithoides, Bradycneme, Daliansaurus, Geminiraptor, Gobivenator, Heptasteornis, Hesperornithoides, Jinfengopteryginae, Koparion, Laelaps cristatus, Laelaps laevifrons, Papiliovenator, Pectinodon, Polyodontosaurus grandis, Saurornitholestes robustus, Sinovenatorinae, Sinusonasus, Troodontinae, Xixiasaurus

Subtaxa: Tochisaurus nemegtensis

View classification

Type: Tochisaurus nemegtensis

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore

Distribution: found only at Nemegt locality (PIN coll. 551) [MPE] (Cretaceous of Mongolia)

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.