Tamarro

Tamarro lived at the very end of the Cretaceous period, within 200,000 years of the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs.1

Its foot bone shows that Tamarro was a fast grower, reaching nearly adult size quickly, like many island animals.1

Tamarro is the first troodontid dinosaur ever found in Europe.1

The only known fossil of Tamarro is a single right second metatarsal, a bone from the foot.1

This foot bone has a special hole (a foramen) that is not found in any other troodontid, which helped scientists identify it as a new species.1

Tamarro lived on the Ibero-Armorican island, a large island that included parts of modern Spain, Portugal, and France.1

Scientists think Tamarro may have migrated from Asia to Europe, either by land bridges or by island hopping.1