Talos
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Talos
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- Lived
- 84 to 72 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Length
- about 2 m (7 ft)
- Group
- Theropods, Troodontidae
- Found in
- United States
- Named by
- Zanno et al. 2011
Field notes
About Talos
Talos 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 Talos, from Utah. Its fossils come from the Kaiparowits Formation. It was named by Zanno et al. in 2011.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
80 million years ago
To scale
How big was Talos?
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Troodontidae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: L. E. Zanno, D. J. Varricchio, and P. M. O.'Connor, A. L. Titus, M. J. Knell. 2011. A new troodontid theropod, Talos sampsoni gen. et sp. nov., from the Upper Cretaceous Western Interior Basin of North America. PLoS ONE 6(9):e24487:1-20