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Troodontidae

Linhevenator tani

Generic raptor body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Linhevenator 2.7 m (8.9 ft) long
as long as 2 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic raptor body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Linhevenator
Length
2.7 m (8.9 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (75 Mya)
Place
China · Mongolia
Food
Carnivore
Clade
Troodontidae Dinosauria Saurischia Theropoda Coelurosauria Small, brainy, feathered theropods.

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

What we know

  • Named by Xu et al., 2011.
  • Body length estimated at about 2.7 m.
  • Fossils found in China and Mongolia.

What we guess

The reconstruction notes for Linhevenator — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.