Linhevenator
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Linhevenator
DV-0787 · type species Linhevenator tani
- Lived
- 84 to 72 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Troodontidae
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Xu et al. 2011
Field notes
About Linhevenator
Linhevenator 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 1 find of Linhevenator, from China. Its fossils come from the Wulansuhai Formation. It was named by Xu et al. in 2011.
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: X. Xu, Q.-W. Tan, and C. Sullivan, F.-L. Han, D. Xiao. 2011. A short-armed troodontid dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of Inner Mongolia and Its implications for troodontid evolution. PLoS One 6(9):e22916:1-12