Linhevenator

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Linhevenator
Temporal range:
Ma
↓
Holotype Fossil
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Family: †Troodontidae
Genus: †Linhevenator
Xu et al., 2011
Species:
†L. tani
Binomial name
†Linhevenator tani
Xu et al., 2011

Linhevenator is a

Bayan Mandahu, Inner Mongolia, China.[1]

Discovery

Pectoral girdle and forelimb

The type species Linhevenator tani was named and described in 2011 by Xu Xing, Tan Qingwei, Corwin Sullivan, Han Fenglu and Xiao Dong. The generic name combines a reference to the Linhe region with a Latin venator, "hunter". The specific name honours Professor Tan Lin.[1]

The

metatarsal.[1]

Description

Life restoration

Linhevenator is a

dromaeosaurid-like pedal digit II, carrying a sickle-claw larger than that of basal troodontids.[1]

Classification

Linhevenator was assigned to the

Zanabazar and Saurornithoides. This position was seen by the authors as an indication for an evolutionary trend in the Troodontidae of shortening the forelimbs and for a parallel evolution of large sickle-claws with both the troodontids and the dromaeosaurids.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^
    PMID 21915256
    .
  2. doi:10.4202/app.2009.0047
    .

External links
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