Philovenator
| Philovenator curriei Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 75Ma | |
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| Philovenator curriei life restoration. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Suborder: | Theropoda |
| Superfamily: | †Troodontoidea |
| Family: | †Troodontidae |
| Genus: | †Philovenator Xu et al., 2012 |
| Species: | † P. curriei |
| Binomial name | |
| Philovenator curriei Xu et al., 2012 | |
Philovenator (literally meaning "love hunter") is an extinct genus of troodontid paravian dinosaurs from the Wulansuhai Formation (dated to the Campanian age, sometime between 75 and 71 million years ago) of Inner Mongolia, China. It specific name honors Currie[1]
References
- ↑ Xu Xing, Zhao Ji, Corwin Sullivan, Tan Qing-Wei, Martin Sander and Ma Qing-Yu (2012). "The taxonomy of the troodontid IVPP V 10597 reconsidered" (PDF). Vertebrata PalAsiatica 50 (2): 140–150.