| Description | Byronosaurus is a genus of troodontid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Period of Mongolia.
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| Rank | genus |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Troodontidae : Byronosaurus |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Avetheropoda : Troodontidae : Byronosaurus |
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| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification
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| Scientific Name | Byronosaurus Norell et al., 2000 |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Byronosaurus | genus | belongs to Troodontidae | stated without evidence | Norell et al., 2000 | | Byronosaurus | genus | belongs to Troodontidae | stated with evidence | Makovicky and Norell, 2004 | | Byronosaurus | genus | belongs to Troodontidae | stated without evidence | Norell and Hwang, 2004 | | Byronosaurus | genus | belongs to Troodontidae | stated with evidence | Bever and Norell, 2009 | | Byronosaurus | genus | belongs to Troodontidae | stated without evidence | Ezcurra, 2009 | | Byronosaurus | genus | belongs to Troodontidae | stated with evidence | Zanno et al., 2011 | | Byronosaurus | genus | belongs to Troodontidae | stated without evidence | Gianechini et al., 2011 | | Byronosaurus | genus | belongs to Troodontidae | stated with evidence | Godefroit et al., 2013 | | Byronosaurus | genus | belongs to Troodontidae | stated without evidence | Torices et al., 2015 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 83.6 - 72.1 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous |
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| Last Recorded Appearance | 83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous |
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| Environment | terrestrial (based on Troodontidae) |
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| Motility | actively mobile (based on Theropoda) |
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| Diet | carnivore, omnivore (based on Troodontidae) |
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| Reproduction | oviparous (based on Troodontidae) |
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| Ontogeny | accretion,modification of parts (based on Theropoda) |
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| Taphonomy | hydroxylapatite,compact or dense (based on Theropoda) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | M. A. Norell, P. J. Makovicky, and J. M. Clark. 2000. A new troodontid theropod from Ukhaa Tolgod, Mongolia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 20(1):7-11 |
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| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byronosaurus |
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| Norell M. A., Makovicky P. J., et al (2000) A new troodontid theropod from Ukhaa Tolgod, Mongolia, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 20 1, 7-11 |
| Barco J. L., Ruiz-Omeñaca J. I. (2001) Primeros dientes de terópodo (Dinosauria, Saurischia) en la Formación Villar del Arzobispo (Tithónico-Berriasiense): yacimientos Cuesta Lonsal y Las Cerradicas 2 (Galve, Teruel) [First teeth of a theropod (Dinosauria, Saurischia) in the Villar del Arzobispo Formation (Tithonian–Berriasian): Cuesta Lonsal and Las Cerradicas 2 localities (Galve, Teruel)], XVII Jornadas de la Sociedad Española de Paleontología. Los Fósiles y la Paleogeografía. Ayuntamiento de Albarracín y Fundación Conjunto Paleontólogico de Teruel, Albarracin, Spain 5.1, 239-246 |
| Makovicky P. J., Norell M. A., et al (2003) Osteology and relationships of Byronosaurus jaffei (Theropoda: Troodontidae), American Museum Novitates 3402, 1-32 |
| Rauhut O. W. M. (2003) The interrelationships and evolution of basal theropod dinosaurs, Special Papers in Palaeontology 69, 1-213 |
| Makovicky P. J., Norell M. A. (2004) Troodontidae, The Dinosauria (second edition). University of California Press, Berkeley, 184-195 |
| Norell M. A., Hwang S. H. (2004) A troodontid dinosaur from Ukhaa Tolgod (Late Cretaceous Mongolia), American Museum Novitates 3446, 1-9 |
| Senter P., Barsbold R., et al (2004) Systematics and evolution of Dromaeosauridae (Dinosauria, Theropoda), Bulletin of the Gunma Museum of Natural History 8, 1-20 |
| Averianov A. O., Sues H.-D. (2007) A new troodontid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Cenomanian of Uzbekistan, with a review of troodontid records from the territories of the former Soviet Union, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27 1, 87-98 |
| Sánchez-Hernández B., Benton M. J., et al (2007) Dinosaurs and other fossil vertebrates from the Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous of the Galve area, NE Spain, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 249, 180-215 doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2007.01.009 |
| Bever G. S., Norell M. A. (2009) The perinate skull of Byronosaurus (Troodontidae) with observations on the cranial ontogeny of paravian theropods, American Museum Novitates 3657, 1-51 |
| Ezcurra M. D. (2009) Theropod remains from the uppermost Cretaceous of Colombia and their implications for the palaeozoogeography of western Gondwana, Cretaceous Research 30, 1339-1344 doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2009.08.004 |
| Godefroit P., Golovneva L., et al (2009) The last polar dinosaurs: high diversity of latest Cretaceous arctic dinosaurs in Russia, Naturwissenschaften 96 4, 495-501 doi:10.1007/s00114-008-0499-0 |
| Norell M. A., Makovicky P. J., et al (2009) A review of the Mongolian Cretaceous dinosaur Saurornithoides (Troodontidae: Theropoda), American Museum Novitates 3654, 1-63 |
| Longrich N. R., Currie P. J., et al (2010) A new oviraptorid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of Bayan Mandahu, Inner Mongolia, Palaeontology 53 5, 945-960 doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2010.00968.x |
| Lü J., et al (2010) A new troodontid theropod from the Late Cretaceous of central China, and the radiation of Asian troodontids, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 55 3, 381-388 doi:10.4202/app.2009.0047 |
| Zanno L. E., Varricchio D. J., et al (2011) A new troodontid theropod, Talos sampsoni gen. et sp. nov., from the Upper Cretaceous Western Interior Basin of North America, PLoS ONE 6 9, e24487:1-20 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0024487 |
| Godefroit P., Cau A., et al (2013) A Jurassic avialan dinosaur from China resolves the early phylogenetic history of birds, Nature doi:10.1038/nature12168 |
| Hendrickx C., Mateus O. (2014) Abelisauridae (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Late Jurassic of Portugal and dentition-based phylogeny as a contribution for the indentification of isolated theropod teeth, Zootaxa 3759 1, 1-74 |
| Tsuihiji T., Barsbold R., et al (2014) An exquisitely preserved troodontid theropod with new information on the palatal structure from the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia, Naturwissenschaften doi:10.1007/s00114-014-1143-9 |
| Torices A., Currie P. J., et al (2015) Theropod dinosaurs from the Upper Cretaceous of the South Pyrenees Basin of Spain, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 60 3, 611-626 doi:10.4202/app.2012.0121 |
| Gianechini F. A., Makovicky P. J., et al (2017) The cranial osteology of Buitreraptor gonzalezorum Makovicky, ApesteguÍa, and AgnolÍn, 2005 (Theropoda, Dromaeosauridae), from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia, Argentina, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27 1, e1255639:1-19 doi:10.1080/02724634.2017.1255639 |
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