Famille
Valide Éteint

Troodontidae

Gilmore 1924

Les Troodontidae forment une famille éteinte de petits dinosaures théropodes ressemblant à des oiseaux, ayant vécu du Jurassique supérieur jusqu'à la fin du Crétacé. Cette famille érigée en 1924 par Charles Whitney Gilmore est restée mal connue jusqu'à la fin du XXe siècle. C'est alors que de nombreuses découvertes réalisées essentiellement en Chine ont fourni des squelettes souvent complets de plusieurs nouveaux genres avec, pour certains spécimens, une préservation de plumes, d'œufs, d'embryons et d'individus juvéniles.

Plage temporelle
Trias
Jurassique
Crétacé
Paléogène
Néogène
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
La plage temporelle dépasse légèrement la limite K-Pg (66 Ma). Probable décalage d'intervalle dans les données PBDB.
Occurrences PBDB
250
Groupe
Dinosaures
Carnivore, omnivore Vivant au sol Terrestre
Troodontidae
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Collection of four troodontids, clockwise from top left: Mei long, unnamed Alaskan troodontid, Jianianhualong tengi, Sinovenator changii. © File:Mei Long.jpg (Bruce McAdam) File:Alaskan_troodont.jpg (bryan... from Taipei, Taiwan) File:Sinovenator-Tianjin Natural History Museum.jpg (Jonathan Chen) File:Jianianhualong tengi holotype fossil.jpg (Xing Xu, Philip Currie, Michael Pittman, Lida Xing · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia

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PBDB Wikipedia
Classification
Dinosauria Clade non classé
Theropoda Clade non classé
Neotheropoda Clade non classé
Averostra Clade non classé
Tetanurae Clade non classé
Coelurosauria Clade non classé
Maniraptora Clade non classé
Paraves Clade non classé
Deinonychosauria Infraordre
Troodontidae Famille
Sites de découverte 250 sites géolocalisés
Répartition
Principaux pays
🇨🇦 Canada
85
🇺🇸 États-Unis
77
🇨🇳 Chine
28
🇲🇳 Mongolie
16
🇷🇺 Russie
12
🇷🇴 Roumanie
7
🇲🇽 Mexique
6
🇺🇿 Ouzbékistan
4
🇵🇹 Portugal
3
🇧🇷 Brésil
3
Formations géologiques
Oldman
26
Yixian
11
Lance
11
Ilek
7
Distribution temporelle
Maastrichtien (72.2–66 Ma)
78
Campanien (83.6–72.2 Ma)
132
Santonien (85.7–83.6 Ma)
1
Coniacien (89.8–85.7 Ma)
1
Turonien (93.9–89.8 Ma)
1
Cénomanien (100.5–93.9 Ma)
5
Albien (113.2–100.5 Ma)
3
Aptien (121.4–113.2 Ma)
8
Barrémien (125.77–121.4 Ma)
12
Valanginien (137.05–132.6 Ma)
1
Tithonien (149.2–143.1 Ma)
3
Kimméridgien (154.8–149.2 Ma)
1
Oxfordian (161.5–154.8 Ma)
4
Synonymes (10)
Bradycneme nomen dubium Troodontidae
Bradycneme draculae nomen dubium, species not entered Troodontidae
Heptasteornis nomen dubium Troodontidae
Heptasteornis andrewsi nomen dubium, species not entered Troodontidae
Koparion nomen dubium Troodontidae
Koparion douglassi nomen dubium, species not entered Troodontidae
Laelaps cristatus nomen dubium, species not entered Troodontidae
Laelaps laevifrons nomen dubium, species not entered Troodontidae
Polyodontosaurus grandis nomen dubium, species not entered Troodontidae
Saurornithoididae subjective synonym of Troodontidae
Bibliographie
Description originale
C. W. Gilmore. 1924. On Troodon validus, an orthopodous dinosaur from the Belly River Cretaceous of Alberta, Canada. Department of Geology, University of Alberta Bulletin 1:1-43
Bibliographie (140)
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