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Troodon Facts
Troodon was a small, bird-like meat-eater often called one of the brainiest dinosaurs, with large eyes for its size.
- Troodon, whose name means 'wounding tooth', roamed North America during the Late Cretaceous; it was a omnivore — had a relatively large brain for its size.
- The Early Cretaceous carnivore Jinfengopteryx ('golden phoenix wing') lived in what is now China — a feathered troodontid.
- The Early Cretaceous carnivore Liaoningvenator ('Liaoning hunter') lived in what is now China — a small troodontid.
- Sinovenator means 'Chinese hunter'. It was a Early Cretaceous carnivore from China — an early troodontid.
- Sinusonasus (meaning 'sinusoidal nose') was a carnivore that lived during the Early Cretaceous in what is now China — a small troodontid.
- Saurornithoides, whose name means 'bird-like lizard', roamed Mongolia during the Late Cretaceous; it was a carnivore — a brainy troodontid.
- The Late Cretaceous carnivore Zanabazar ('for Zanabazar') lived in what is now Mongolia — a large troodontid.
- Tochisaurus (meaning 'ostrich lizard') was a carnivore that lived during the Late Cretaceous in what is now Mongolia — a troodontid.
- The Late Cretaceous carnivore Gobivenator ('Gobi hunter') lived in what is now Mongolia — the most complete Late Cretaceous troodontid.
- Talos means 'bronze giant'. It was a Late Cretaceous carnivore from North America — a North American troodontid.
- Pectinodon (meaning 'comb tooth') was a carnivore that lived during the Late Cretaceous in what is now North America — a small troodontid.
- Latenivenatrix, whose name means 'hiding huntress', roamed North America during the Late Cretaceous; it was a carnivore — a large North American troodontid.
- The Late Cretaceous carnivore Philovenator ('loving hunter') lived in what is now China — a small troodontid.
- Almas means 'wild man'. It was a Late Cretaceous carnivore from Mongolia — a troodontid named from folklore.
- Daliansaurus (meaning 'Dalian lizard') was a carnivore that lived during the Early Cretaceous in what is now China — a small troodontid.
- Hesperornithoides, whose name means 'western bird form', roamed North America during the Late Jurassic; it was a carnivore — an early troodontid.
- Troodon had a fairly large brain for a dinosaur its size.
- Troodon may have been one of the smartest dinosaurs.
- Troodon had large eyes and a big brain for its size.
- Troodon is often called one of the brainiest dinosaurs.
- Troodontids had high encephalization relative to body mass among non-avian dinosaurs.
- Troodon was a carnivore theropod from the Late Cretaceous.
- The name Troodon means 'wounding tooth'.
- Fossils of Troodon have been found in North America.
- Troodon lived during the Late Cretaceous in what is now North America.
- Dromaeosaurids and troodontids together form the bird-like clade Paraves.
- Troodontids and dromaeosaurids are the closest known relatives of birds.