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My favourite dinosaur is Troodon it had a large brain for its body size. It may have been one of the most intelligent dinosaurs.

I read samples found showed that Troodons' brains were so big it left imprints on the inner part of their skulls.

It's interesting to think how it may have evolved over time if it had the time to do so.

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I googled Troodon and the first result says it's "a dubious small bird-like Theropod". Is 'dubious' a technical term in this context?

From the Wikipedia article [0][1]

> In binomial nomenclature, a nomen dubium (Latin for "doubtful name", plural nomina dubia) is a scientific name that is of unknown or doubtful application.

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troodon [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nomen_dubium

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