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'''''Latenivenatrix''''' ("hiding hunter") is a genus of [[Troodontidae|troodontid]] known from one species, '''''L. mcmasterae'''''.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=van der Reest|first1=A. J.|last2=Currie|first2=P. J.|title=Troodontids (Theropoda) from the Dinosaur Park Formation, Alberta, with a description of a unique new taxon: implications for deinonychosaur diversity in North America|journal=Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences|date=2017|pages=919–935|doi=10.1139/cjes-2017-0031|url=http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/abs/10.1139/cjes-2017-0031#.WYnhUlGGOUm}}</ref> |
'''''Latenivenatrix''''' (meaning "hiding hunter") is a genus of [[Troodontidae|troodontid]] known from one species, '''''L. mcmasterae''''', described in 2017 from remains formerly identified as ''[[Troodon]]''. With an estimated skull length of {{convert|45|cm}} and a full body length of {{convert|3|-|3.5|m}}, ''Latenivenatrix'' is among the largest known troodontids.<ref name="desc">{{cite journal|last1=van der Reest|first1=A. J.|last2=Currie|first2=P. J.|title=Troodontids (Theropoda) from the Dinosaur Park Formation, Alberta, with a description of a unique new taxon: implications for deinonychosaur diversity in North America|journal=Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences|date=2017|pages=919–935|doi=10.1139/cjes-2017-0031|url=http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/abs/10.1139/cjes-2017-0031#.WYnhUlGGOUm}}</ref> |
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==Paleobiology== |
==Paleobiology== |
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| Latenivenatrix Temporal range: Campanian,
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| Hind part of assigned skull RTMP 82.19.23, Royal Tyrrell Museum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Family: | †Troodontidae |
| Subfamily: | †Troodontinae |
| Genus: | †Latenivenatrix |
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| Latenivenatrix mcmasterae van der Reest and Currie, 2017
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Latenivenatrix (meaning "hiding hunter") is a genus of troodontid known from one species, L. mcmasterae, described in 2017 from remains formerly identified as Troodon. With an estimated skull length of 45 centimetres (18 in) and a full body length of 3–3.5 metres (9.8–11.5 ft), Latenivenatrix is among the largest known troodontids.[1]
Paleobiology
Paleopathology
A parietal bone catalogued as TMP 79.8.1 bears a "pathological aperture". In 1985 Phil Currie hypothesized that this aperture was caused by a cyst, but in 1999 Tanke and Rothschild interpreted it as a possible bite wound. One hatchling specimen may have suffered from a congenital defect resulting in the front part of its jaw being twisted.[2]
References
- ^ van der Reest, A. J.; Currie, P. J. (2017). "Troodontids (Theropoda) from the Dinosaur Park Formation, Alberta, with a description of a unique new taxon: implications for deinonychosaur diversity in North America". Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences: 919–935. doi:10.1139/cjes-2017-0031.
- ^ Molnar, R. E., 2001, Theropod paleopathology: a literature survey: In: Mesozoic Vertebrate Life, edited by Tanke, D. H., and Carpenter, K., Indiana University Press, p. 337-363.
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