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Pectinodon ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	38570	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=38570

Rank

genus (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Avetheropoda : Troodontidae : Pectinodon

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Sauropsida	Huxley 1864
class	Reptilia	Laurenti 1768
subclass	Eureptilia
-	Romeriida	Gauthier et al. 1988
-	Diapsida
-	Eosuchia
-	Neodiapsida	Benton 1985
-	Sauria	Gauthier 1984
-	Archosauromorpha
-	Crocopoda	Ezcurra 2016
-	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
-	Eucrocopoda	Ezcurra 2016
-	Archosauria
informal	Avemetatarsalia	Benton 1999
-	Ornithodira	Gauthier 1986
-	Dinosauromorpha	Benton 1985
-	Dinosauriformes	Novas 1992
-	Dinosauria
-	Saurischia
-	Theropoda
-	Neotheropoda	Bakker 1986
-	Averostra	Paul 2002
-	Tetanurae	Gauthier 1986
order	Avetheropoda	Paul 1988
suborder	Coelurosauria	Huene 1914
-	Maniraptora	Gauthier 1986
-	Paraves	Sereno 1997
infraorder	Deinonychosauria	Colbert and Russell 1969
family	Troodontidae	Gilmore 1924
genus	Pectinodon	Carpenter 1982

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Pectinodon	genus	belongs to Saurornithoididae	stated without evidence	Carpenter, 1982
Pectinodon	genus	subjective synonym of Troodon	stated without evidence	Gauthier, 1986
Pectinodon	genus	belongs to Saurornithoididae	implied	Carroll, 1988
Pectinodon	genus	subjective synonym of Troodon	stated without evidence	Paul, 1988
Pectinodon	genus	subjective synonym of Troodon	implied	Rauhut, 2003
Pectinodon	genus	subjective synonym of Troodon	stated with evidence	Makovicky and Norell, 2004
Pectinodon	genus	belongs to Troodontidae	stated without evidence	Longrich, 2008
Pectinodon	genus	belongs to Troodontidae	stated with evidence	Larson and Currie, 2013
Pectinodon	genus	belongs to Troodontidae	stated without evidence	Williamson and Brusatte, 2014

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Last Recorded Appearance

70.6 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Environment

terrestrial (based on Troodontidae)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Theropoda)

Diet

carnivore, omnivore (based on Troodontidae)

Reproduction

oviparous (based on Troodontidae)

Ontogeny

accretion,modification of parts (based on Theropoda)

Taphonomy

hydroxylapatite,compact or dense (based on Theropoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

K. Carpenter. 1982. Baby dinosaurs from the Late Cretaceous Lance and Hell Creek formations and a description of a new species of theropod. Contributions to Geology, University of Wyoming 20(2):123-134

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Pectinodon bakkeri ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		4	70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1982	Pectinodon Carpenter pp. 129-131
1984	Pectinodon Russell p. 26
1985	Pectinodon Breithaupt p. 169
1985	Pectinodon asiamericanus Nessov p. 14 figs. Pl. 3:16
1986	Pectinodon Clemens p. 79
1988	Pectinodon Carroll
1992	Saurornithoides asiamericanus Olshevsky p. 148

Year	Name and Author
1995	Troodon asiamericanus Nessov pp. 41-42
1997	Troodon asiamericanus Ryan p. 442
2000	Saurornithoides asiamericanus Olshevsky p. 28
2008	Pectinodon Longrich p. 140
2011	Pectinodon Zanno et al. p. 2
2013	Pectinodon Larson and Currie p. 9
2014	Pectinodon Williamson and Brusatte p. 17

References

Carpenter K. (1982) Baby dinosaurs from the Late Cretaceous Lance and Hell Creek formations and a description of a new species of theropod, Contributions to Geology, University of Wyoming 20 2, 123-134

Russell D. A. (1984) A check list of the families and genera of North American dinosaurs, Syllogeus 53, 1-35

Breithaupt B. H. (1985) Nonmammalian vertebrate faunas from the Late Cretaceous of Wyoming, Wyoming Geological Association 36th Annual Field Conference Guidebook: The Cretaceous Geology of Wyoming, 159-175

Nessov L. A. (1985) Novye mlekopitayushchie Mela Kyzylkumov [New mammals from the Cretaceous of Kyzyl-Kum], Vestnik Leningradskogo Universiteta, Geologiia, Geografiia, series 7 17, 8-18

Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698

Nessov L. A. (1995) Dinozavri severnoi Yevrazii: Novye dannye o sostave kompleksov, ekologii i paleobiogeografii [Dinosaurs of northern Eurasia: new data about assemblages, ecology, and paleobiogeography], Institute for Scientific Research on the Earth's Crust, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, 1-156

Ryan M. J. (1997) Middle Asian dinosaurs, Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs, 442-444

Longrich N. (2008) Small theropod teeth from the Lance Formation of Wyoming, USA, Vertebrate Microfossil Assemblages: Their Role in Paleoecology and Paleobiogeography, 135-158

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

Larson D. W., Currie P. J. (2013) Multivariate analyses of small theropod dinosaur teeth and implications for paleoecological turnover through time, PLoS ONE 8 1, e54329:1-14 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0054329

Williamson T. E., Brusatte S. L. (2014) Small theropod teeth from the Late Cretaceous of the San Juan Basin, northwestern New Mexico and their implications for understanding latest Cretaceous dinosaur evolution, PLoS ONE 9 4, e93190:1-23 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0093190

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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