Liaoningvenator
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Liaoningvenator
DV-0986 · type species Liaoningvenator curriei
- Lived
- 126 to 120 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Troodontidae
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Shen et al. 2017
Field notes
About Liaoningvenator
Liaoningvenator was an omnivorous theropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 126 to 120 million years ago. It belongs to the family Troodontidae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Liaoningvenator, from China. Its fossils come from the Yixian Formation. It was named by Shen et al. in 2017.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
125 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Troodontidae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: C.-z. Shen, B. Zhao, and C.-l. Gao, J.-c. Lü, M. Kundrát. 2017. A new troodontid dinosaur (Liaoningvenator curriei gen. et sp. nov.) from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation in western Liaoning Province. Acta Geoscientica Sinica 38(3):359-371