Euronychodon

European claw tooth

• Euro- · Greek/Latinised · Europe, European
• onyx · Greek · claw
• odon · Greek · tooth

The name combines "Euro-" (Europe) with "onyx" (claw) and "odon" (tooth). It echoes the older North American tooth genus Paronychodon, whose name means "near claw tooth", because the European teeth resembled that genus. The name was given to small theropod teeth, not to a skeleton.

Named by

Antunes and Sigogneau-Russell

Year named

1991

Period

Late Cretaceous

Found in

Portugal (type species E. portucalensis); a second species, E. asiaticus, was later named from Uzbekistan

Known only from isolated teeth, so it is generally regarded as a nomen dubium. It is a small theropod, probably a coelurosaur such as a troodontid, but its exact relationships are uncertain. Some details, such as the exact stages and the etymology wording, are given from memory, so treat them with caution.