Pectinodon
Field photograph to come
Pectinodon
DV-0279
- Lived
- 101 to 66 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Troodontidae
- Found in
- United States and Uzbekistan
- Named by
- Carpenter 1982
Field notes
About Pectinodon
Pectinodon was an omnivorous theropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 101 to 66 million years ago. It belongs to the family Troodontidae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 6 finds of Pectinodon, from Wyoming and South Dakota. Its fossils come from rocks including the Lance Formation, the Hell Creek Formation and the Khodzhakul Formation. It was named by Carpenter in 1982.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
80 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Troodontidae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: K. Carpenter. 1982. Baby dinosaurs from the Late Cretaceous Lance and Hell Creek formations and a description of a new species of theropod. Contributions to Geology, University of Wyoming 20(2):123-134