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Eoneophron fossil map

Where fossils of Eoneophron have been found, shown on the Earth as it looked about 66 million years ago and on today’s map.

Dots are fossil collections recorded in the Paleobiology Database. The “then” view moves today’s fossil sites back to their positions 66 million years ago (the time slice nearest the median age of the fossils) using the Merdith et al. (2021) plate model; positions are approximate. Open on the timeline map →

Eoneophron
Image: Sauriazoicillus, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
GroupTheropods
Lived72.2–66 million years ago (Maastrichtian)
PeriodsCretaceous
FamilyCaenagnathidae
Named byAtkins-Weltman et al. 2024
Fossil records1 occurrences at 1 locations (PBDB)
Found inUnited States
Rock formationsHell Creek

About Eoneophron

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.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Eoneophron (revision 1379670834), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; introduction excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Ages, family, authority and fossil records: Paleobiology Database, accessed 23 October 2026. Ages are those of the rock layers the fossils were found in. Wikidata: Q124350835.

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