Byronosaurus

Byron's lizard

• Byron · English (personal name) · Byron Jaffe, expedition supporter
• sauros · Greek · lizard

Byronosaurus is named in honour of Byron Jaffe, a supporter of the American Museum of Natural History's Mongolian expeditions that found the fossils. The name combines his first name with the Greek word for lizard. The type species, B. jaffei, carries his surname.

Named by

Norell, Makovicky and Clark

Year named

2000

Period

Late Cretaceous

Stage

Campanian

Found in

Djadochta Formation, Ukhaa Tolgod, Gobi Desert, Mongolia

A small, bird-like troodontid theropod. It is known from well-preserved skulls, including a specimen associated with an egg and embryo material.