Reptilia - Theropoda - Dromaeosauridae
Full reference: P. J. Currie, J. K. Rigby, Jr., and R. E. Sloan. 1990. Theropod teeth from the Judith River Formation of southern Alberta, Canada. In K. Carpenter and P. J. Currie (eds.), Dinosaur Systematics: Perspectives and Approaches. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 107-125
Belongs to Richardoestesia according to T. R. Holtz et al. 2004
See also Brownstein 2018, Buckley et al. 2018, Carbot-Chanona and Rivera-Sylva 2011, Currie 2005, Currie and Koppelhus 2015, Currie et al. 1990, Eberth et al. 2001, Gianechini et al. 2011, Knoll and Ruiz-Omeñaca 2009, Mallon et al. 2016, Peng et al. 2001, Sankey et al. 2002, Sues and Averianov 2013, Torices et al. 2015, Torices et al. 2010, Williamson and Brusatte 2014, Williamson et al. 2003 and Zinke 1998
Sister taxa: Richardoestesia asiatica, Richardoestesia isosceles, Asiamericana asiatica
Type specimen: NMC 343, a tooth. Its type locality is 2.5 miles south of mouth, Sand Creek (200 ft level), which is in a Campanian terrestrial horizon in the Dinosaur Park Formation of Canada.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (22: Alberta collections), United States (17: Montana, Texas)
• Jurassic of Portugal (1)
Total: 40 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.