Euronychodon

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iEuronychodon
Fossil range: Late Cretaceous
Conservation status
Extinct (fossil)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Superorder: Dinosauria
Order: Saurischia
Suborder: Theropoda
Infraorder: Coelurosauria
Family: Dromaeosauridae
Genus: Euronychodon
Species: E. portucalensis
Binomial name
Euronychodon portucalensis
Telles-Antunes & Sigogneau-Russell, 1991

Euronychodon is the name given to a genus of dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous. It was a dromaeosaur, based on its teeth. Its fossils, including only teeth, were found in Europe.

The type species, E. portucalensis, was described by Telles-Antunes and Sigogneau-Russell in 1991. A second species, found in Asia, is based on a sole tooth, and is considered nomen dubium.

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