Paronychodon

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Paronychodon Fossil range: Early Cretaceous
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Sauropsida Superorder: Dinosauria Suborder: Theropoda Infraorder: Coelurosauria Genus: Paronychodon Species: P. lacustris
Binomial name
Paronychodon lacustris Cope, 1876
Synonyms
?Zapsalis abradens Cope, 1876

Paronychodon (meaning "beside claw tooth") was a theropod dinosaur genus. It lived during the Late Cretaceous in what is now Montana. This genus is a tooth taxon.

The type species, discovered by Edward Drinker Cope in 1876, is Paronychodon lacustris. It is considered dubious because of the fragmentary nature of the fossils.

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• Coelurosauria