Philovenator
Field photograph to come
Philovenator
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- Lived
- 84 to 72 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Troodontidae
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Xu et al. 2012
Field notes
About Philovenator
Philovenator 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 Philovenator, from China. Its fossils come from the Wulansuhai Formation. It was named by Xu et al. in 2012.
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. Zhao, and C. Sullivan, Q.-W. Tan, M. Sander, Q.-Y. Ma. 2012. The taxonomy of the troodontid IVPP V 10597 reconsidered. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 50(2):140-150