Reptilia - Avetheropoda - Troodontidae

PaleoDB taxon number: 64888

Full reference: X. Xu, M. A. Norell, X.-l. Wang, P. J. Makovicky, and X.-c. Wu. 2002. A basal troodontid from the Early Cretaceous of China. Nature 415:780-784

Parent taxon: Troodontidae according to T. Tsuihiji et al. 2014

Sister taxa: Archaeornithoides, Borogovia, Bradycneme, Byronosaurus, Euronychodon, Geminiraptor, Gobivenator, Heptasteornis, Jianianhualong, Jinfengopteryx, Koparion, Laelaps cristatus, Laelaps laevifrons, Linhevenator, Mei, Ornithodesmus cluniculus, Pectinodon, Philovenator, Saurornithoides, Sinornithoides, Sinovenatorinae, Sinusonasus, Talos, Tochisaurus, Troodon, Troodontinae, Xixiasaurus, Zanabazar

Subtaxa: Sinovenator changii

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Type: Sinovenator changii

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore