Liaoningvenator
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Liaoningvenator Temporal range: Hauterivian, 125 Ma |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Order: | Saurischia |
| Suborder: | Theropoda |
| Family: | †Troodontidae |
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†Liaoningvenator Shen et al., 2017 |
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Liaoningvenator curriei Shen et al., 2017 |
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Liaoningvenator (meaning "Liaoning hunter") is a genus of troodontid theropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of China. It contains a single species, L. curriei, named after paleontologist Phillip J. Currie in 2017 by Shen and colleagues from an articulated, nearly complete skeleton.
Liaoningvenator is recovered as a close relative of Anchiornis, Eosinopteryx, and Xiaotingia in a clade basal to Sinovenatorinae and Troodontinae (named Anchiornithinae by Xu et al. 2016).
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