Euronychodon Euronychodon

"Etymology TBD"

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Euronychodon 2 m (6.6 ft) long
2 people holding hands
Length
2 m (6.6 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (92–70 Mya)
Place
Europe · Asia
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Dinosauria

Euronychodon (“European claw tooth”) is the name given to a genus of coelurosaur dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Europe and Asia. A small-sized dinosaur estimated to measure around 2 m in length, Euronychodon is known from teeth only. These are similar to those of another coelurosaur tooth genus, Paronychodon.

What we know

  • Named by Antunes & Sigogneau-Russell, 1991.
  • Body length estimated at about 2 m.
  • Fossils found in Europe and Asia.