Latenivenatrix | |
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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 hunter") is a genus of troodontid. It was previously identified as Troodon.
Latenivenatrix has an estimated skull length of 18 centimetres (7.1 in) and a size 3–3.5 metres (9.8–11.5 ft). This makes it the largest troodontid known.[1]