Subfamily
Valid Extinct

Sinovenatorinae

Shen et al. 2017

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Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
8
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore, omnivore Ground dwelling Terrestrial
Sinovenatorinae
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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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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Theropoda Unranked clade
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Neotheropoda Unranked clade
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Averostra Unranked clade
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Tetanurae Unranked clade
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Coelurosauria Unranked clade
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Maniraptora Unranked clade
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Paraves Unranked clade
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Deinonychosauria Infraorder
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Troodontidae Family
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Sinovenatorinae Subfamily
Fossil sites 8 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
8
Geological formations
Yixian
7
Tiaojishan
1
Temporal distribution
Barremian (125.77–121.4 Ma)
7
Oxfordian (161.5–154.8 Ma)
1
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
C. Shen, J. Lü, and S. Liu, M. Kundrát, S. L. Brusatte, H. Gao. 2017. A new troodontid dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation of Liaoning Province, China. Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) 91(3):763-780 DOI ↗
Bibliography (7)
D. Yu, H. Zhang, and C. Zhou, R. Pei. 2026. A new postcranial skeleton of Sinovenator changii (Theropoda, Troodontidae) from the Jehol Biota of the Ningcheng Basin, Inner Mongolia, China. Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 145(2258):901–926 DOI ↗
Y.-L. Yin, R. Pei, and C.-F. Zhou. 2018. Cranial morphology of Sinovenator changii (Theropoda: Troodontidae) on the new material from the Yixian Formation of western Liaoning, China. PeerJ 6:e4977:1-42 DOI ↗
X. Xu, P. Currie, and M. Pittman, L. Xing, Q. Meng, J. Lü, D. Hu, C. Yu. 2017. Mosaic evolution in an asymmetrically feathered troodontid dinosaur with transitional features. Nature Communications 8:14972:1-12 DOI ↗
C. -L. Gao, E. M. Morschauser, and D. J. Varricchio, J. Liu, B. Zhao. 2012. A second soundly sleeping dragon: new anatomical details of the Chinese troodontid Mei long with implications for phylogeny and taphonomy. PLoS ONE 7(9):e45203:1-17 DOI ↗
X. Xu, H. You, and K. Du, F. Han. 2011. An Archaeopteryx-like theropod from China and the origin of Avialae. Nature 475:465-470 DOI ↗
X. Xu and M. A. Norell. 2004. A new troodontid dinosaur from China with avian-like sleeping posture. Nature 431:838-841 DOI ↗
X. Xu, M. A. Norell, and X.-l. Wang, P. J. Makovicky, X.-c. Wu. 2002. A basal troodontid from the Early Cretaceous of China. Nature 415:780-784 DOI ↗