Sinusonasus magnodens Xu and Wang 2004 (maniraptoran)

Reptilia - Saurischia - Troodontidae

Alternative combination: Sinusinasus magnodens

Full reference: X. Xu and X. Wang. 2004. A new troodontid (Theropoda: Troodontidae) from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation of western Liaoning, China. Acta Geologica Sinica 78(1):22-26

Belongs to Sinusonasus according to Y. Yang et al. 2020

See also Gao et al. 2012, Goianechini and ApesteguĂ­a 2011, van der Reest and Currie 2017, Xing et al. 2018 and Xu and Wang 2004

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: IVPP V11527, 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: found only at Lujiatun village, Shangyuan [general] (IVPP)

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