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sharp-clawed runner · Doubtful name
Paronychodon
Say it like this: “PAH-ro-NIK-o-don”
Paronychodon lacustris
Paronychodon ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in the United States.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
- Named in
- 1876 · Cope, E. D.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- Not established
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- the United States · Judith River
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Paraves
The story in short
The genus Paronychodon dates to 1876, the year E. D. Cope described it.
Fossils referred to Paronychodon date to the Late Cretaceous (Campanian), roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago. Finds come from the United States, including the Judith River Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
The fossils of Paronychodon are too incomplete for a responsible length, hip height, or weight, so those fields are left blank on purpose.
On the family tree it sits in Paraves, among the theropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Euronychodon
Euronychodon portucalensis
Late Cretaceous (Campanian · Maastrichtian) · roughly 83.6 to 66 million years ago
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