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Troodontidae

Urbacodon

"URBAC tooth"

Generic raptor body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Urbacodon 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic raptor body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Urbacodon
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (100–66 Mya)
Place
China · Uzbekistan
Food
Carnivore
Clade
Troodontidae Dinosauria Saurischia Theropoda Coelurosauria Small, brainy, feathered theropods.
Urbacodon reconstruction by Ddinodan
Reconstruction · Ddinodan (CC-BY)

Urbacodon (meaning “URBAC tooth”) is a genus of troodontid theropod dinosaur. Two species have been described, both of which are known from a partial dentary: U. itemirensis from the Dzharakuduk Formation (Cenomanian) of Uzbekistan and U. norelli from the Iren Dabasu Formation of China. Possible remains are also known from the Bissekty Formation (Turonian) of Uzbekistan.

What we know

  • Named by Averianov & Sues, 2007.
  • Fossils found in China and Uzbekistan.

What we guess

The reconstruction notes for Urbacodon — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.