Reptilia - Avetheropoda - Troodontidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 65529
Full reference: A. Elzanowski and P. Wellnhofer. 1992. A new link between theropods and birds from the Cretaceous of Mongolia. Nature 359:821-823
Parent taxon: Troodontidae according to G. S. Bever and M. A. Norell 2009
Sister taxa: Borogovia, Bradycneme, Byronosaurus, Euronychodon, Geminiraptor, Gobivenator, Heptasteornis, Jianianhualong, Jinfengopteryx, Koparion, Laelaps cristatus, Laelaps laevifrons, Linhevenator, Mei, Ornithodesmus cluniculus, Pectinodon, Philovenator, Saurornithoides, Sinornithoides, Sinovenator, Sinovenatorinae, Sinusonasus, Talos, Tochisaurus, Troodon, Troodontinae, Xixiasaurus, Zanabazar
Subtaxa: Archaeornithoides deinosauriscus
Type: Archaeornithoides deinosauriscus
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore