Genus
Valid Extinct

Linhevenator

Xu et al. 2011

Linhevenator is a genus of short-armed troodontid theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous (Campanian) Bayan Mandahu Formation of Bayan Mandahu, Inner Mongolia, China.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore, omnivore Ground dwelling Terrestrial
Linhevenator
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Photograph of the holotype of Linhevenator tani (LH V0021). Abbreviations: ds, dorsal series; lf, left femur; li, left ischium; lpe, left pes; rh, right humerus; rs, right scapula; sk, skull. Scale bar equals 20 mm. © Xing Xu, Qingwei Tan, Corwin Sullivan, Fenglu Han, Dong Xiao · CC BY 2.5 · 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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Troodontinae Subfamily
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Linhevenator Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
1
Geological formations
Wulansuhai
1
Temporal distribution
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Linhevenator tani 84 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
X. Xu, Q.-W. Tan, and C. Sullivan, F.-L. Han, D. Xiao. 2011. A short-armed troodontid dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of Inner Mongolia and Its implications for troodontid evolution. PLoS One 6(9):e22916:1-12 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
X. Xu, Q.-W. Tan, and C. Sullivan, F.-L. Han, D. Xiao. 2011. A short-armed troodontid dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of Inner Mongolia and Its implications for troodontid evolution. PLoS One 6(9):e22916:1-12 DOI ↗