Reptilia - Theropoda - Troodontidae

Full reference: L. E. Zanno, D. J. Varricchio, P. M. O'Connor, A. L. Titus, and M. J. Knell. 2011. A new troodontid theropod, Talos sampsoni gen. et sp. nov., from the Upper Cretaceous Western Interior Basin of North America. PLoS ONE 6(9):e24487:1-20

Parent taxon: Troodontinae according to A. G. Sellés et al. 2021

See also Gianechini et al. 2017, Tsuihiji et al. 2014, van der Reest and Currie 2017, Williamson and Brusatte 2014 and Zanno et al. 2011

Sister taxa: Borogovia, Byronosaurus, Latenivenatrix, Linhevenator, Saurornithoides, Sinornithoides, Stenonychosaurus, Troodon, Urbacodon, Zanabazar

Subtaxa: Talos sampsoni

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore

Distribution: found only at Talos type locality, The Blues (Cretaceous of Utah)

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