Reptilia - Theropoda - Troodontidae
Alternative combination: Troodon bakkeri
Full reference: K. Carpenter. 1982. Baby dinosaurs from the Late Cretaceous Lance and Hell Creek formations and a description of a new species of theropod. Contributions to Geology, University of Wyoming 20(2):123-134
Belongs to Pectinodon according to D. W. Larson and P. J. Currie 2013
See also Breithaupt 1985, Carpenter 1982, Currie 1987, Currie and Koppelhus 2015, Currie et al. 1990, Longrich 2008, Makovicky and Norell 2004, Olshevsky 1992, Olshevsky 2000, Paul 1988, Peng et al. 2001, Varricchio 1997, Williamson and Brusatte 2014 and Zanno et al. 2011
Sister taxon: Pectinodon asiamericanus
Type specimen: UCM 38445, a tooth. Its type locality is Bushy Tailed Blowout, which is in a Lancian terrestrial shale in the Lance Formation of Wyoming.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (5: South Dakota, Wyoming collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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