Troodontinae

Troodontinae is a subfamily of troodontid dinosaurs. The subfamily was first used in 2017 for the group of troodontids descended from the last common ancestor of Gobivenator mongoliensis and Zanabazar junior.[2][1]

Troodontines
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 95–66 Ma
Life reconstruction of Zanabazar junior
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Family: †Troodontidae
Subfamily: †Troodontinae
Gilmore, 1924 vide Martyniuk, 2012
Genera

Classification

Below is a cladogram of the Troodontinae as published by Aaron van der Reest and Phil Currie, in 2017.[2]

Troodontidae
 

Sinovenator

 
 
 

Anchiornis

 
 
 

Mei

 
 

Talos

 
 
 

Byronosaurus

 
 
 

MPC-D 100/44

 
 

Sinornithoides

 
Troodontinae
 
 

Urbacodon

 
 

Gobivenator

 
 
 
 
 

Latenivenatrix

 
 
 

Philovenator

 
 

Linhevenator

 
 
 
 
 

Two Medicine troodontid

 
 
 

Saurornithoides

 
 

Zanabazar

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

References
  1. Lefèvre, U.; Cau, A.; Cincotta, A.; Hu, D.; Chinsamy, A.; Escuillié, F.; Godefroit, P. (2017). "A new Jurassic theropod from China documents a transitional step in the macrostructure of feathers". The Science of Nature. 104 (74): 74. doi:10.1007/s00114-017-1496-y. PMID 28831510.
  2. van der Reest, A.J.; Currie, P.J. (2017). "Troodontids (Theropoda) from the Dinosaur Park Formation, Alberta, with a description of a unique new taxon: implications for deinonychosaur diversity in North America". Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 54 (9): 919–935. doi:10.1139/cjes-2017-0031. hdl:1807/78296.
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