Yurgovuchia

Yurgovuch (a Paiute name) + Latinised suffix

• Yurgovuch · Southern Paiute · name of a Paiute group/person associated with the region where the fossils were found
• -ia · Latin · Latinised noun-forming suffix

Yurgovuchia honours the Paiute name "Yurgovuch", linked to the Paiute people of the area of eastern Utah where the fossils were discovered. The "-ia" ending is a standard Latinising suffix. It is a small dromaeosaurid ("raptor") known from partial skeletons; the type species is Yurgovuchia doellingi.

Named by

Senter, Kirkland and DeBlieux

Year named

2012

Period

Early Cretaceous

Found in

Cedar Mountain Formation (Yellow Cat Member), Utah, USA

A valid dromaeosaurid genus. Details of the exact Paiute meaning of "Yurgovuch" are given with moderate confidence; the exact stage of the fossils is not stated here.