Latenivenatrix
Field photograph to come
Latenivenatrix
DV-0985
- Lived
- 84 to 72 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Troodontidae
- Found in
- Canada
- Named by
- van der Reest and Currie 2017
Field notes
About Latenivenatrix
Latenivenatrix was an omnivorous theropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 84 to 72 million years ago. It belongs to the family Troodontidae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 4 finds of Latenivenatrix, from Alberta. Its fossils come from the Dinosaur Park Formation. It was named by van der Reest and Currie in 2017.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
80 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Troodontidae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: A. J. van der Reest and P. J. Currie. 2017. Troodontids (Theropoda) from the Dinosaur Park Formation, Alberta, with a description of a unique new taxon: implications for deinonychosaur diversity in North America . Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 54:919-935