Urbacodon
Name: Urbacodon
(URBAC tooth).
Phonetic: Ur-bak-o-don.
Named By: A. O. Averianov & H.-D.
Sues - 2007.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Dinosauria,
Saurischia, Theropoda, Troodontidae.
Species: U. itemirensis
(type).
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Unknown due to lack of remains.
Known locations: Uzbekistan - Dzharakuduk
Formation & Bissekty Formation.
Time period: Cenomanian to Turonian of the
Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Left dentary (lower jaw)
and teeth.
Urbacodon
is truly an international genus, not so much by its geographic
distribution, but because the team involved were from many different
countries. The name Urbacodon means ‘URBAC
tooth', and URBAC is
an acronym that recognises the Uzbek, Russian, British, American
and Canadian nationalities of those involved.
Urbacodon
was described by a single lower jaw from the Dzharakuduk Formation
which is Cenomanian in age, but isolated teeth from the Turonian age
Bissekty Formation have also been added to the genus. The dentary of
Urbacodon is straight and Urbacodon
is also marked as one of the few
troodontids
not to have serrations on its teeth. Close troodontid
relatives of Urbacodon may include Byronosuarus,
Mei
and Xixiasaurus.
Further reading
- A new troodontid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Cenomanian
of Uzbekistan, with a review of troodontid records from the
territories of the former Soviet Union- A. O. Averianov and
H.-D. Sues - 2007.
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