Pectinodon

comb tooth

• pektos / pecten · Greek · comb
• odon · Greek · tooth

The name combines the Greek words for "comb" and "tooth". It refers to the comb-like serrations on the teeth, which the type material (mostly teeth and fragments) preserves. The type species, P. bakkeri, honours the paleontologist Robert Bakker.

Named by

Carpenter

Year named

1982

Period

Late Cretaceous

Stage

Maastrichtian

Found in

Lance Formation, Wyoming, USA

A small troodontid theropod known mainly from teeth and fragmentary remains. Its validity is debated: some researchers have treated it as a synonym of Troodon or as a doubtful name because the material is scrappy. Check current literature for its status.