Troodon Foot Claw Replica
$27.00
Troodon had a specialized retractable claw on the second toe of its hind feet. This claw was likely used for grasping and capturing prey, and could be retracted when not in use, reducing the risk of damage to the claw.
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Description
Troodon Foot Claw Replica measures 3 inches. Troodon Foot Claw Replica is museum-quality polyurethane resin cast. 1:1 scale. Made in USA.
Troodon or Troodon formosus is a former wastebasket taxon and a potentially dubious genus of relatively small, bird-like dinosaurs known definitively from the Campanian age of the Cretaceous period (about 77 mya). It includes at least one species, Troodon formosus, known from Montana. Discovered in October 1855, T. formosus was among the first dinosaurs found in North America, although it was thought to be a lizard until 1877.
Several well-known troodon or Troodon formosus specimens from the Dinosaur Park Formation in Alberta were once believed to be members of this genus. Recent analyses in 2017 have found the genus to be undiagnostic and referred some of these specimens to the genus Stenonychosaurus (long believed to be synonymous with Troodon) and others to the genus Latenivenatrix.
The genus name is Greek for “wounding tooth”, referring to the teeth, which were different from those of most other theropods known at the time of their discovery. The teeth bear prominent, apically oriented serrations. These “wounding” serrations, however, are morphometrically more similar to those of herbivorous reptiles, and suggest a possibly omnivorous diet.
Scientific Classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Clade: Dinosauria
- Clade: Saurischia
- Clade: Theropoda
- Family: †Troodontidae
- Subfamily: †Troodontinae Gilmore, 1924
- Genus: †Troodon Leidy, 1856
- Type species: †Troodon formosus
- Conservation Status: Extinct
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| Weight | 1.5 lbs |
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| Dimensions | 3 in |
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