Troodon Leidy 1856 (maniraptoran)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Troodontidae

Synonym: Polyodontosaurus Gilmore 1932

Full reference: J. Leidy. 1856. Notices of remains of extinct reptiles and fishes, discovered by Dr. F. V. Hayden in the bad lands of the Judith River, Nebraska Territory. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 8:72-73

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

See also Barsbold 1988, Bever and Norell 2009, Bohlin 1953, Brown 1908, Brown and Druckenmiller 2011, Brown and Schlaikjer 1943, Carpenter 1982, Carroll 1988, Chure 1994, Cope 1870, Cope 1877, Currie 1987, Currie 1987, Currie 1992, Currie 2000, Currie and Dong 2001, Currie and Peng 1994, Currie et al. 1990, Currie and Zhao 1994, Eberth 1997, Eberth et al. 2001, Fiorillo et al. 2009, Gauthier 1986, Gianechini et al. 2017, Gilmore 1924, Gilmore 1931, Gilmore 1932, Godefroit et al. 2013, Godefroit et al. 2009, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Hendrickx and Mateus 2014, Hennig 1915, Huene 1909, Huene 1927, Kuhn 1966, Lambe 1902, Lambe 1905, Langston 1975, Langston 1976, Larson and Currie 2013, Leidy 1856, Leidy 1860, Longrich 2008, Lü et al. 2010, Lull 1924, Makovicky et al. 2003, Makovicky and Norell 2004, McDowell and Bogert 1954, Nessov 1995, Nopcsa 1901, Nopcsa 1928, Nopcsa 1928, Nopcsa 1929, Nopcsa 1931, Norell et al. 2000, Norell et al. 2009, Parsch 1963, Paul 1988, Peng et al. 2001, Porfiri et al. 2011, Rauhut 2003, Romer 1956, Romer 1966, Russell 1930, Russell 1946, Russell 1948, Russell 1969, Russell and Dong 1994, Sankey et al. 2002, Senter et al. 2004, Sereno 1997, Sereno 1998, Smith 2007, Steel 1970, Sternberg 1933, Sternberg 1945, Sternberg 1951, Sues 1977, Tatarinov 1964, Tsuihiji et al. 2014, van der Reest and Currie 2017, Varricchio 1997, Williamson and Brusatte 2014, Wolberg 1980, Xu et al. 2012, Zanno et al. 2011 and Zittel 1890

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

Subtaxa: Troodon formosus

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Canada (54: Alberta, Saskatchewan collections), China (1), the Russian Federation (3), United States (42: Alaska, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming)

Total: 100 collections including 101 occurrences

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