Genyodectes

jaw biter

• genys · Greek · jaw, chin
• dektes · Greek · biter

The name combines the Greek words for "jaw" and "biter", so it means "jaw biter". It refers to the animal's large, powerful teeth and jaws. It is known mainly from a partial snout and lower jaw fragments with teeth.

Named by

Woodward

Year named

1901

Period

Early Cretaceous

Found in

Cerro Barcino Formation, Chubut Province, Patagonia, Argentina

A large theropod, the type and only species is Genyodectes serus. It is usually regarded as a ceratosaur, probably an abelisauroid. It is known from very incomplete material, so its exact relationships are uncertain.