[D] Urbacodon itemirensis [sG] [T]
Describer
Averianov & Sues 2007
Time
Cretaceous Late Cenomanian
Classification
Saurischia Theropoda Tetanurae Coelurosauria Maniraptora Troodontidae
Diet
Carnivore
Fossilsite
Dzharakuduk Formation Site IT-01, Itemir locality, Itemir-Dzharakuduk Depression, central Kyzylkum Desert, Navoi Viloyat, Uzbekistan
Info
Genus - Typespecies
Holotype
ZIN PH 944/16, left dentary Found by Anton S. Rezvyi on September 9, 2004.
Etymology
Combination of the acronym URBAC for the international joint expeditions to the Kyzylkum Desert and -odon (Ionic variant of Greek odous), tooth.: From the name of the type locality, Itemir, and -ensis, Latin suffix denoting a place or country.
Diagnosis
Distinguished from Troodon Leidy, 1856, Saurornithoides Osborn, 1924, Sinornithoides Russell and Dong, 1994, Sinovenator Xu et al., 2002b, Sinusonasus Xu and Wang, 2004, and an unnamed troodontid from Khamryn-Us (Barsbold et al., 1987) by the absence of serrations on the teeth, from Byronosaurus Norell et al., 2000 by the presence of fewer neurovascular foramina in the lateral groove on the dentary and by more bulbous anterior dentary crowns, and from Mei Xu and Norell, 2004 by much larger size.
Averianov & Sues 2007
Time
Cretaceous Late Cenomanian
Classification
Saurischia Theropoda Tetanurae Coelurosauria Maniraptora Troodontidae
Diet
Carnivore
Fossilsite
Dzharakuduk Formation Site IT-01, Itemir locality, Itemir-Dzharakuduk Depression, central Kyzylkum Desert, Navoi Viloyat, Uzbekistan
Info
Genus - Typespecies
Holotype
ZIN PH 944/16, left dentary Found by Anton S. Rezvyi on September 9, 2004.
Etymology
Combination of the acronym URBAC for the international joint expeditions to the Kyzylkum Desert and -odon (Ionic variant of Greek odous), tooth.: From the name of the type locality, Itemir, and -ensis, Latin suffix denoting a place or country.
Diagnosis
Distinguished from Troodon Leidy, 1856, Saurornithoides Osborn, 1924, Sinornithoides Russell and Dong, 1994, Sinovenator Xu et al., 2002b, Sinusonasus Xu and Wang, 2004, and an unnamed troodontid from Khamryn-Us (Barsbold et al., 1987) by the absence of serrations on the teeth, from Byronosaurus Norell et al., 2000 by the presence of fewer neurovascular foramina in the lateral groove on the dentary and by more bulbous anterior dentary crowns, and from Mei Xu and Norell, 2004 by much larger size.