Liaoningvenator

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DV-0986Yixian Fm., China

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

1 find

125 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

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