| Eoneophron Temporal range: Late Cretaceous | |
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| An artist's illustration (Hodari Nundu) of Eoneophron | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Sauropsida |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Genus: | †Eneophron Atkins-Weltman, 2024 |
| Species: | E. infernalis |
| Type species | |
| Eoneophron infernalis Atkins-Weltman, 2024 | |
Eoneophron (meaning Pharoah's dawn chicken) is a genus of large oviraptorosaurian dinosaurs from the Late Cretaceous (68 to 66 million years ago) of North Dakota and South Dakota, US, co-existing with Anzu. The type species is Eoneophron infernalis.
Description[]
Known elements of Eoneophron by 11Nobody11
Eoneophron is estimated to have weighed more than many other caenagnathids, but was however smaller than Anzu, at around 78 kg (172 lbs).
History[]
In 2024, the new genus and species, Eoneophron infernalis, was described from its holotype specimen (CM 96523) by Atkins-Weltman et al. Its generic name is derived from èos ("dawn" in Ancient Greek), and Neophron (generic name of the Egyptian vulture, also reffered to as "pharaoh's chicken"), while the specific name (infernalis; hell in Latin) references a nickname given to its fellow caenagnathid, Anzu wyliei (the "chicken from hell").
Phylogeny[]
Eoneophron was placed in the Oviraptorosauria, as a member of the Caenagnathidae, as part of a study by Atkins-Weltman et al. in 2024.