Sinusonasus

Field photograph to come

DV-0552Yixian Fm., China

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

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: 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