Reptilia - Avetheropoda - Troodontidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 38570
Full reference: K. Carpenter. 1982. Baby dinosaurs from the Late Cretaceous Lance and Hell Creek formations and a description of a new species of theropod. Contributions to Geology, University of Wyoming 20(2):123-134
Parent taxon: Troodontidae according to D. W. Larson and P. J. Currie 2013
Sister taxa: Archaeornithoides, Borogovia, Bradycneme, Byronosaurus, Euronychodon, Geminiraptor, Gobivenator, Heptasteornis, Jianianhualong, Jinfengopteryx, Koparion, Laelaps cristatus, Laelaps laevifrons, Linhevenator, Mei, Ornithodesmus cluniculus, Philovenator, Saurornithoides, Sinornithoides, Sinovenator, Sinovenatorinae, Sinusonasus, Talos, Tochisaurus, Troodon, Troodontinae, Xixiasaurus, Zanabazar
Subtaxa: Pectinodon asiamericanus, Pectinodon bakkeri
Type: Pectinodon bakkeri
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore