| Sinovenatorines Temporal range: Early Cretaceous 125 Ma |
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| Fossil specimen of Mei long | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Order: | Saurischia |
| Suborder: | Theropoda |
| Family: | †Troodontidae |
| Subfamily: |
†Sinovenatorinae Shen et al., 2017 |
| Type species | |
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†Sinovenator changii Xu et al., 2002 |
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| Genera | |
Sinovenatorinae is a subfamily of the extinct bird-like troodontid dinosaurs known exclusively from the Early Cretaceous of China. It includes the genera Mei, Sinovenator, Daliansaurus, and Sinusonasus.