Penelopognathus

Penelope jaw

• Penelope · Greek (mythological name) · Penelope, the wife of Odysseus in Greek myth
• gnathos · Greek · jaw

The name combines "Penelope", the name of Odysseus's wife in Greek mythology, with the Greek "gnathos" (jaw). It refers to the jaw bone (a partial dentary) on which the genus is based. The type species is Penelopognathus weishampeli, named in honour of the paleontologist David Weishampel.

Named by

Godefroit et al.

Year named

1998

Period

Early Cretaceous

Found in

Bayin-Gobi Formation, Inner Mongolia, China

An iguanodontian ornithopod known from fragmentary remains (mainly a partial lower jaw). I'm not certain of the exact reason the authors chose the name Penelope, so I haven't stated one. Stage-level dating is left out because I'm not sure of it.