Obamadon

Obamadon is an extinct genus of polyglyphanodontian lizards from the Late Cretaceous of North America."[1] The type species was named Obamadon gracilis after United States president Barack Obama, "in reference to the tall, straight teeth, and the manner in which Mr. Obama has acted as a role model of good oral hygiene for the world."[2] According to Nicholas R. Longrich of Yale University, the species "was probably a foot long, [and] with these tall, slender teeth it used to eat insects and plant matter.[2] The scientists found that lizards and snakes had been more badly hit by the mass extinction than previously thought, with 83 percent of species – including Obamadon – dying out."[6] According to Longrich, he came up with the idea after the 2008 election: "when everything was all hope-y and change-y, we said we should name a dinosaur after him and call it the Obamadon.
Late CretaceousPreꞒScientific classificationEukaryotaAnimaliaChordataReptiliaSquamataPolyglyphanodontiaType speciespolyglyphanodontianlizardsHell Creek FormationMontanaLance FormationWyomingBarack ObamaYale UniversityCretaceous–Paleogene extinction eventdinosaursU.S. President Barack ObamaEtheostoma obamadarterCaloplaca obamaePolitico2012 United States Presidential electionUniversity of California Museum of Paleontologydentary bonederivedLamiasaurusIguanidaePolyglyphanodonChamopsSocognathusScincomorphaXenosauridaeAnguidaeLitakisPlatynotaOphidiaList of things named after Barack ObamaList of organisms named after famous people (born 1950–present)BibcodeWikidataPaleobiology Database