Synonym: Tripriodon Marsh 1889
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1876. Descriptions of some vertebrate remains from the Fort Union Beds of Montana. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 28:248-261
Parent taxon: Paraves according to H.-D. Sues and A. Averianov 2013
See also Antunes and Sigogneau-Russell 1991, Breithaupt 1985, Carroll 1988, Clemens 1964, Clemens 1986, Cope 1876, Cope 1877, Eberth 1997, Eberth et al. 2001, Estes 1964, Hay 1902, Lehman 1981, Longrich 2008, Makovicky and Norell 2004, Marsh 1889, Montellano 1992, Ostrom 1965, Pearson et al. 2002, Peng et al. 2001, Romer 1956, Romer 1966, Russell 1984, Sahni 1972, Sankey et al. 2002, Sankey et al. 2005, Simpson 1929, Steel 1970, Tatarinov 1964, Torices et al. 2015, Williamson and Brusatte 2014, Wolberg 1980 and Zinke 1998
Sister taxa: Anchiornis, Aves, Caihong, Deinonychosauria, Eosinopteryx, Epidendrosaurus, Epidexipteryx, Eumaniraptora, Imperobator, Pedopenna, Pneumatoraptor, Serikornis, Xiaotingia, Zhongornis
Subtaxa: Paronychodon asiaticus Paronychodon lacustris
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (34: Alberta collections), France (1), Romania (2), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (3), United States (59: Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wyoming), Uzbekistan (1)
• Jurassic of Portugal (1)
Total: 102 collections including 107 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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