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Troodon (/ ˈ t r oʊ. ə d ɒ n / TROH-ə-don; Troödon in older sources) is a former wastebasket taxon and a potentially dubious genus of relatively small, bird-like theropod dinosaurs definitively known from the Campanian age of the Late Cretaceous period (about 77 mya). It includes at least one species, Troodon formosus, known from Montana.
Troodontidae / t r oʊ. ə ˈ d ɒ n t ɪ d iː / is a clade of bird-like theropod dinosaurs from the Late Jurassic to Late Cretaceous.During most of the 20th century, troodontid fossils were few and incomplete and they have therefore been allied, at various times, with many dinosaurian lineages.
Some of the earliest flowering plants were also found here. Rivers and streams coming down from the flanks of the volcanoes fed into lakes in the valleys. [citation needed] There were many species of small birdlike theropod dinosaurs living in the area, although most of them were slightly larger than Mei. This probably led to a lot of niche ...
Latenivenatrix, meaning "hiding huntress", is a genus of large troodontid known from a single species, L. mcmasterae.Along with the contemporary Stenonychosaurus, it is known from non-tooth fossils that were formerly assigned to the now potentially dubious genus Troodon.
Troodon eggs continued to attract scholarly attention in the 1990s. 1996. Darla Zelenitsky and Leonard Hills described the eggs of Troodon formosus. They found that the surface of Troodon eggs were smooth and their pores occurred singly or in pairs. When viewed in thin section, the eggshell exhibited two distinct layers.
One of the coolest, most prehistoric-looking fish lives in Florida’s offshore waters of the Gulf of Mexico. It happens to be one of the best to eat but also one of the most elusive.
Saurornithoides (/ s ɔː ˌ r ɔːr n ɪ ˈ θ ɔɪ d iː z / saw-ROR-ni-THOY-deez) is a genus of troodontid maniraptoran dinosaur, which lived during the Late Cretaceous period.These creatures were predators, which could run fast on their hind legs and had excellent sight and hearing.
Meg 2: The Trench hits theaters this week with a larger-than-life depiction of the megalodon. Here’s what we actually know about the beast, according to scientists.