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sharp-clawed runner · Disputed
Pectinodon
Say it like this: “pec-tin-o-don”
Pectinodon bakkeri
Pectinodon ate 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
- 1982 · Carpenter, K.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- Not established
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- the United States · Lance
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Troodontidae
The story in short
Pectinodon was formally named in 1982 by K. Carpenter. The name means “comb tooth.”
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian), roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago. Finds come from the United States, including the Lance Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
The fossils of Pectinodon 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 Troodontidae, among the theropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Almas
Almas ukhaa
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
Harenadraco
Harenadraco prima
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
Hesperornithoides
Hesperornithoides miessleri
Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian · Tithonian) · roughly 154.8 to 143.1 million years ago