Urbacodon

Urbac tooth

• Urbac · Uzbek (place name) · a locality name in the Kyzylkum region of Uzbekistan (exact reference not verified)
• odon · Greek · tooth

The name combines a place name from the Kyzylkum region of Uzbekistan, where the fossils were found, with the Greek "odon", meaning "tooth". It was chosen because the genus is known mainly from jaw and tooth material. I am not certain of the exact geographic feature the first part refers to.

Named by

Averianov and Sues

Year named

2007

Period

Late Cretaceous

Stage

Turonian

Found in

Bissekty Formation, Kyzylkum Desert, Uzbekistan

A small theropod usually classified as a troodontid (or close relative). It is known from fragmentary jaw material. The type species is Urbacodon itakensis.