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sharp-clawed runner · Doubtful name
Euronychodon
Say it like this: “YOOR-oh-NY-koh-don”
Euronychodon portucalensis
Euronychodon ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Portugal.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Campanian · Maastrichtian) · roughly 83.6 to 66 million years ago
- Named in
- 1991 · Antunes, M. T.; Sigogneau-Russell, D.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 2 m · 7 ft
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- Portugal · Taveiro
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Paraves
The story in short
The genus Euronychodon dates to 1991, the year M. T. Antunes and D. Sigogneau-Russell described it.
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Campanian · Maastrichtian), roughly 83.6 to 66 million years ago. Finds come from Portugal, including the Taveiro Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Euronychodon at a length near 2 m.
On the family tree it sits in Paraves, among the theropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Imperobator
Imperobator antarcticus
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago
Overoraptor
Overoraptor chimentoi
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian · Turonian) · roughly 100.5 to 89.8 million years ago
Paronychodon
Paronychodon lacustris
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago