Reptilia - Theropoda - Troodontidae
Full reference: X. Xu and M. A. Norell. 2004. A new troodontid dinosaur from China with avian-like sleeping posture. Nature 431:838-841
Belongs to Mei according to C. -L. Gao et al. 2012
See also Bever and Norell 2009, Kubo et al. 2023, Lü et al. 2010, Norell et al. 2009, Sellés et al. 2021, Turner et al. 2007, Turner et al. 2011, van der Reest and Currie 2017, Xing et al. 2018, Xu and Norell 2004, Yang et al. 2020, Zanno et al. 2013 and Zanno et al. 2011
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: IVPP V.12733, a skeleton. Its type locality is Lujiatun village, Shangyuan [general] (IVPP), which is in a Barremian/Aptian fluvial tuff in the Yixian Formation of China.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of China (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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