Latenivenatrix Temporal range: Campanian,
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Hind part of assigned skull TMP 1982.019.0023, Royal Tyrrell Museum | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | Theropoda |
Family: | †Troodontidae |
Subfamily: | †Troodontinae |
Genus: | †Latenivenatrix |
Type species | |
†Latenivenatrix mcmasterae van der Reest and Currie, 2017
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Latenivenatrix, meaning "hiding huntress", is a genus of large troodontid known from a single species, L. mcmasterae. Along with the contemporary Stenonychosaurus, it is known from non-tooth fossils that were formerly assigned to the now potentially dubious genus Troodon. Although described as separate, it has been considered a junior synonym of Stenonychosaurus.[1]