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Troodon

Troodon (/ˈtroʊ.ədɒn/ TROH-ə-don; Troödon in older sources) is a controversial genus of relatively small, bird-like theropod dinosaurs definitively known from the Campanian age of the Late Cretaceous period (about 77 million years ago). It includes at least one species, Troodon formosus, known from Montana. Discovered in October 1855, T. formosus was…

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related to Naming of related species · 25
Troodon → Alberta, Along, Based, Coeluridae, Currie, Currie's, Dale Russell, Dinosaur Park Formation, Gilmore, Gregory, He, In, North American, Paul, Pectinodon, Phil Currie, Polyodontosaurus, Reest, Saurornithoides, Saurornithoididae
related to Discussion of the one species model · 19
Troodon → Because, Currie, Currie's, Dinosaur Park Formation, George Olshevsky, Hell Creek Formation, However, In, Judith River, Lance, Lance Formation, Late Cretaceous, Late Cretaceous North America, Late Cretaceous North American, Longrich, Pectinodon, Stenonychosaurus, They, Zanno
related to Early research · 18
Troodon → Charles Mortram Sternberg, Felső-Szilvás, Franz Nopcsa, Gilmore, In, Joseph Leidy, Judith River Formation, Leidy, Megalosauridae, Pachycephalosauridae, Sauvage, Stegoceras, Sternberg, The, The Troodon, Troodontidae, Troödon, With Troodon
related to Paleobiology · 13
Troodon → Alaska, Alaskan, Alphadon, Bergmann's, In, Inner Mongolia, It, Late Cretaceous, Linhevenator, One, The, These, This
related to Paleoecology · 9
Troodon → Alberta, Further, In, It, Judith River Formation, Judith River Troodon, Montana, Oldman Formation, The
related to Classification · 7
Troodon → Along, Below, Saurornithoides, Talos, Troodontidae, Zanabazar, Zanno
related to Reproduction · 6
Troodon → Like, Oldman Formation, The, This, Thus, Unlike
see also · 2
Troodon → Dinosaurs, Timeline

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formation stenonychosaurus genus formosus teeth species specimens troodontid dinosaurs based troodontids tooth considered known family classification currie colleagues study late

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Alphadon.In 2011instance ofA pellet possibly belonging to Troodon suggests it hunted early mammals0.80text
another derived troodontidinstance ofA pellet possibly belonging to Troodon suggests it hunted early mammals0.80text
Linhevenatorinstance ofA pellet possibly belonging to Troodon suggests it hunted early mammals0.80text
was described from Inner Mongoliainstance ofA pellet possibly belonging to Troodon suggests it hunted early mammals0.80text
Troodonrelated to ClassificationAlong0.60section
Troodonrelated to ClassificationZanabazar0.60section
Troodonrelated to ClassificationSaurornithoides0.60section
Troodonrelated to ClassificationTalos0.60section
Troodonrelated to ClassificationBelow0.60section
Troodonrelated to ClassificationTroodontidae0.60section
Troodonrelated to ClassificationZanno0.60section
Troodonrelated to Discussion of the one species modelHowever0.60section

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