Eoneophron

DV-1236 · type species Eoneophron infernalis

Lived: 72 to 66 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
Diet: Omnivore
Group: Theropods, Caenagnathidae
Found in: United States
Named by: Atkins-Weltman et al. 2024

Field notes

About Eoneophron

Eoneophron was an omnivorous theropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 72 to 66 million years ago. It belongs to the family Caenagnathidae.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Eoneophron, from South Dakota. Its fossils come from the Hell Creek Formation. It was named by Atkins-Weltman et al. in 2024.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

70 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Caenagnathidae.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: K. A. Atkins-Weltman, D. J. Simon, and H. N. Woodward, G. F. Funston, E. Snively . 2024. A new oviraptorosaur (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the end-Maastrichtian Hell Creek Formation of North America. PLoS ONE 19:e0294901:1