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Arctic Troodon

The Arctic Troodon is an dubious genus Troodontid dinosaur with no actual genus name, by scientists being called the Arctic Troodon. Currently this dinosaur in NOT a valid genus because it's very fragmentary, only consisting of few teeth. It's fossils have been found in northern Alaska in the Price creek formation.

The Arctic Troodon lived around 71-68 Mya. During the late Cretaceous of the maastrichtian age. The most interesting part about this dinosaur is that it's fragmentary teeth we're 50% larger than the ones more of Troodon that lived more south in Montana or Alberta. This shows that something happened that made the Arctic Troodon much bigger. Scientists think that the Arctic Troodon became bigger due to the lack of big predators that could compare. In the Price creek formation only other big predators was Nanuqsaurus which was about 2.1 meters tall or 6 feet at the shoulder. While the Arctic Troodon is estimated to be 1.9 meters tall also 6 feet at the shoulder. Meanwhile the southern Troodon had to stay smaller due to much more predators like Albertasaurus, Gorgosaurus and many other Dromeosaurs like Saurornitholesties, Dakotaraptor and the obvious Dromeosaurs while the Arctic Troodon didn't have so much competition.

The Arctic Troodon mostly hunted Edmontosaurus which we know we're a lot smaller because the lack of to support a large body, and also the Arctic Troodon sometimes could have snatched up some baby Pachyrainosaurus but that would have been rare because Pachyrainosaurus were social creature's protecting theire baby's.

For now the Arctic Troodon is an dubious genus and it could be for years.