Species
Valid Extinct

Sinovenator changii

Xu et al. 2002

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
4
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore, omnivore Ground dwelling Terrestrial
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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
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Sinovenator Genus
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Sinovenator changii Species
Fossil sites 4 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
4
Geological formations
Yixian
4
Temporal distribution
Barremian (125.77–121.4 Ma)
4
Bibliography
Original description
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 ↗
Bibliography (3)
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, 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 ↗