Philovenator
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Philovenator (literally meaning "love hunter") is an extinct genus of troodontid paravian dinosaurs from the Wulansuhai Formation (dated to the Campanian age, sometime between 75 and 71 million years ago) of Inner Mongolia, China. Its specific name honors Phillip J. Currie.
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Philovenator | |
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Life restoration. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | Theropoda |
Family: | †Troodontidae |
Subfamily: | †Troodontinae |
Genus: | †Philovenator Xu et al., 2012 |
Species: | †P. curriei |
Binomial name | |
†Philovenator curriei Xu et al., 2012 | |
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