Byron Jaffe's Lizard

Byronosaurus jaffei

( Norell, Makovicky, and Clark, 2000)
 

    Like its North American reletive, Troodon formosus,  Byronosaurus jaffei is a predator of small animals.  B. jaffei large, forward-facing eyes give this troodont a sterioscopic veiw of its world, enabeling it to tell exactly how far away a prey animal is from its face.  Unlike other troodonts, however, B. jaffei has a large and sensetive nose (Headden) and so can hunt effectively during the night as well as the day.

 
Thanks to Jeff Hecht for helping with the translation of the name of Byronosaurus jaffei, Jaime A. Headden, for telling me some miscelanious facts about the beast, and Jordan Mallon, for supplying the second illustration.

Other sites containing pertinent information:

• T. Mike Keesey's Byronosauruspage
• Berislav Krizic's Byronosaurus
• Jordan Mallon's Byronosaurus