Eoneophron

Eoneophron
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, late Maastrichtian
Fossil material known from Eoneophron
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Family: Caenagnathidae
Genus: Eoneophron
Species:
E. infernalis
Binomial name
Eoneophron infernalis
Atkins-Weltman et al., 2024

Eoneophron (meaning "dawn Neophron") is an extinct genus of caenagnathid theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Hell Creek Formation of South Dakota, US. The genus contains a single species, E. infernalis, known from a partial hindlimb.[1]

  1. ^ Atkins-Weltman, K. L.; Simon, D. J.; Woodward, H. N.; Funston, G. F.; Snively, E. (2024). "A new oviraptorosaur (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the end-Maastrichtian Hell Creek Formation of North America". PLOS ONE. 19 (1). e0294901. Bibcode:2024PLoSO..1994901A. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0294901. PMC 10807829. PMID 38266012.