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troodontid (noun) - A type of small bird-like theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous period
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- Any member of the family †Troodontidae of small, bird-like theropod dinosaurs with large brains, large eyes, and a retractable claw on the second toe of each hind foot, similar to a farmer's sickle, used for slashing at prey.
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The pneumatic condition of the troodontid articular is unknown.
Troodontid fossils were among the first dinosaur remains described.
Saurornithoides was a rather small troodontid.
The earliest named troodontid fossil known is Sinornithoides.
Sinusonasus is a small troodontid.
Hypotheses about troodontid reproduction have been developed from this evidence see Troodon.
Troodontinae is a subfamily of troodontid dinosaurs.
Many troodontid nests, including eggs that contain fossilized embryos, have been described.
The sickle claw of the second toe is relatively large and long for a troodontid.
Horner reported troodontid nests from Montana.
Several of its skull bones bore some resemblance to that of the smaller troodontid deinonychosaurs.
Zanabazar is an extinct genus of troodontid theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia.
Usually, at least one of them is considered to be a troodontid.
Sinovenator is a small troodontid dinosaur, about the size of a chicken.
Sinusonasus was a theropod, specifically a troodontid dinosaur.
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A pre-Archaeopteryx troodontid theropod from China with long feathers on the metatarsus.
Jinfengopteryx was originally described as an archaeopterygid, though it was later shown to be a troodontid.
Shanag shows a mixture of dromaeosaurid, troodontid and basal avialan traits.
The metatarsus has a length of 242 millimetres, showing it was a relatively large troodontid.
Based on the trackways, Minisauripus was possibly a troodontid or a dromaeosaurid, or a hatchling theropod.
Mei long, a troodontid species whose name means " sleeping dragon " in Mandarin.
Buitreraptor shows a mosaic of dromaeosaurid, troodontid and avialan traits.
Saurornithoides ( ) is a genus of troodontid maniraptoran dinosaur, living during the Late Cretaceous period.
It bore a large, sickle-shaped claw, typical of dromaeosaurid and troodontid dinosaurs.
Osmólska and Barsbold reported possible troodontid remains from Europe, although without substantial evidentiary support.
It consists solely of the ( left ) metatarsus, the first discovered of an Asian troodontid.
Xixiasaurus is a genus of troodontid dinosaur described in 2010.
Saurischians include the tyrannosaurid Bistahieversor sealeyi ; the ornithomimid Ornithomimus sp . ; and the troodontid " Saurornitholestes " robustus.
In 2009 a Troodontid dinosaur fossil with feathers was discovered in Jianchang.
