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Euronychodon

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Euronychodon ("European claw tooth") is the name given to a genus of coelurosaur dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Europe and Asia. Euronychodon is known from teeth only. These are similar to those of another coelurosaur tooth genus, Paronychodon.

Quick facts: Euronychodon Temporal range Late Cretaceous,...
Euronychodon
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 92–70 Ma
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Comparison of troodontid teeth; N is Euronychodon
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Family: Troodontidae
Genus: Euronychodon
Antunes & Sigogneau-Russell, 1991
Type species
Euronychodon portucalensis
Antunes & Sigogneau-Russell, 1991
Species
  • E. portucalensis Antunes & Sigogneau-Russell, 1991
  • E. asiaticus Nesov, 1995
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