Urbacodon
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Urbacodon
DV-0649
- Lived
- 101 to 72 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Length
- about 1 m (3 ft)
- Group
- Theropods, Troodontidae
- Found in
- China and Uzbekistan
- Named by
- Averianov and Sues 2007
Field notes
About Urbacodon
Urbacodon was an omnivorous theropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 101 to 72 million years ago. It belongs to the family Troodontidae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 2 finds of Urbacodon, from China and Uzbekistan. Its fossils come from rocks including the Dzharakuduk Formation and the Iren Dabasu Formation. It was named by Averianov and Sues in 2007.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
90 million years ago
To scale
How big was Urbacodon?
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Troodontidae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: A. O. Averianov and H.-D. Sues. 2007. A new troodontid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Cenomanian of Uzbekistan, with a review of troodontid records from the territories of the former Soviet Union. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27(1):87-98