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Troodon
Painting by Tom Stewart
Reprinted Courtesy of Alaska Geographic Society
Troodon TRU uh don PronuciationPronuciation
Small, one of the most intelligent, and lightly built bipedal carnivore that had very large eyes. It is represented by teeth and skull. Found in the 1980's in bone beds along the Colville River. (Age: Late Campanian to Maastrichtian)
Diet Rock Formation Geologic Age Million Years Old
Meat-Eating Colville Group Late Cretaceous 66-71
Alaska Location Height Length Weight
North Slope 6 ft. 8 ft. ~200 lbs.
Modified from Bradley (1995)

 

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