Reptilia - Theropoda - Troodontidae
Full reference: X. Xu, Q. Zhao, M. Norell, C. Sullivan, D. Hone, G. Erickson, X. Wang, F. Han, and Y. Guo. 2009. A new feathered maniraptoran dinosaur fossil that fills a morphological gap in avian origin. Chinese Science Bulletin 54(3):430-435
Belongs to Anchiornis according to D. Hu et al. 2009
See also Lindgren et al. 2015, Lü et al. 2010, Poropat and Kear 2013, van der Reest and Currie 2017 and Xu et al. 2009
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: IVPP V14378, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Daxishan, Linglongta, which is in a Bathonian/Kimmeridgian lacustrine sandstone/mudstone in the Tiaojishan Formation of China.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of China (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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