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sharp-clawed runner
Eoneophron
Say it like this: “ee-oh-NEE-oh-fron”
Eoneophron infernalis
Eoneophron ate plants and meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in the United States.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago
- Named in
- 2024 · Atkins-Weltman, K. L.; Simon, D. J.; Woodward, H. N.; Funston, G. F.; Snively, E.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 2.4 m · 8 ft
- Weight
- 78 kg · 172 lb
- Found in
- the United States · Hell Creek
- Food and walking
- Omnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Caenagnathidae
The story in short
The genus Eoneophron dates to 2024, the year K. L. Atkins-Weltman and colleagues described it. The name means “dawn Neophron.”
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian), roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago. Finds come from the United States, including the Hell Creek Formation. It was an omnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Eoneophron at a length near 2.4 m and a body mass around 78 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Caenagnathidae, among the theropod dinosaurs.