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sharp-clawed runner
Urbacodon
Say it like this: “urb-ah-ko-don”
Urbacodon itemirensis
Urbacodon ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Uzbekistan.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) · roughly 100.5 to 93.9 million years ago
- Named in
- 2007 · Averianov, A. O.; Sues, H. D.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 1 m · 3 ft
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- Uzbekistan · Dzharakuduk
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Troodontinae
The story in short
Urbacodon was formally named in 2007 by A. O. Averianov and H. D. Sues. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian), roughly 100.5 to 93.9 million years ago. Finds come from Uzbekistan, including the Dzharakuduk Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Urbacodon at a length near 1 m.
On the family tree it sits in Troodontinae, among the theropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Albertavenator
Albertavenator curriei
Late Cretaceous (Campanian · Maastrichtian) · roughly 83.6 to 66 million years ago
Borogovia
Borogovia gracilicrus
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago
Byronosaurus
Byronosaurus jaffei
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago