Minggu, 22 November 2009

Paronychodon

Paronychodon

Paronychodon
Fossil range: Late Cretaceous
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Superorder: Dinosauria
Suborder: Theropoda
Infraorder: Coelurosauria
Genus: Paronychodon
Species: P. lacustris
Binomial name
Paronychodon lacustris
Cope, 1876
Synonyms
?Zapsalis abradens
Cope, 1876

Paronychodon (meaning "beside claw tooth") was a theropod dinosaur genus. It lived during the Late Cretaceous in what is now Montana. This genus is a tooth taxon.

The type species, discovered by Edward Drinker Cope in 1876, is Paronychodon lacustris. It is considered dubious because of the fragmentary nature of the fossils.

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