Talos is an extinct genus of carnivorous bird-like theropod dinosaur, an advanced troodontid which lived during the late Cretaceous period in the geographic area that is now Utah, United States.
Restoration.
A Kosmoceratops disturbed from its rest by a wandering Talos
Troodontidae is a clade of bird-like theropod dinosaurs. During most of the 20th century, troodontid fossils were few and incomplete and they have therefore been allied, at various times, with many dinosaurian lineages. More recent fossil discoveries of complete and articulated specimens, have helped to increase understanding about this group. Anatomical studies, particularly studies of the most primitive troodontids, like Sinovenator, demonstrate striking anatomical similarities with Archaeopteryx and primitive dromaeosaurids, and demonstrate that they are relatives comprising a clade called Paraves.
Troodontidae
Skull of the troodontid Saurornithoides mongoliensis.
Prismatoolithus levis eggs, which are considered to have been laid by a troodontid
Holotype specimen of Jinfengopteryx featuring elongated feathers