Reptilia - Theropoda - Troodontidae
Full reference: S. Hartman, M. Mortimer, W. R. Wahl, D. R. Lomax, J. Lippincott and D. M. Lovelace. 2019. A new paravian dinosaur from the Late Jurassic of North America supports a late acquisition of avian flight. PeerJ 7:e7247
Belongs to Hesperornithoides according to S. Hartman et al. 2019
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: WYDICE-DML-001, a skeleton (A single, partially articulated skeleton consisting of most of an articulated skull and mandibles missing the anteriormost portions, hyoids, five cervical verte). Its type locality is Jimbo Quarry (2B) (PROXY), which is in a Kimmeridgian/Tithonian lacustrine mudstone in the Morrison Formation of Wyoming.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore
Distribution: found only at Jimbo Quarry (2B) (PROXY)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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