Sinusonasus
Field photograph to come
Sinusonasus
DV-0552
- Lived
- 126 to 120 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Troodontidae
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Xu and Wang 2004
Field notes
About Sinusonasus
Sinusonasus 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 Sinusonasus, from China. Its fossils come from the Yixian Formation. It was named by Xu and Wang in 2004.
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: X. Xu and X. Wang. 2004. A new troodontid (Theropoda: Troodontidae) from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation of western Liaoning, China. Acta Geologica Sinica 78(1):22-26