BaryonyxCommon name: Baryonyx (Bah-ree-onyx)Size: up to 2.7 m tall, 9.5 m long (9 ft, 31 ft)Age: Ear
BaryonyxCommon name: Baryonyx (Bah-ree-onyx)Size: up to 2.7 m tall, 9.5 m long (9 ft, 31 ft)Age: Early Cretaceous (130 – 125 million years ago)Geographic range: Western EuropeLiked: FishDisliked:Taxonomy: Animalia > Chordata > Dinosauria > Theropoda > SpinosauridaeBaryonyx is Spinosaurus’ (https://goo.gl/9RTLFy) smaller, less spiny cousin. Baryonyx (from Greek, meaning ‘heavy claw’) gets its name from the scary-looking 25 cm (10 in) curved claw on the thumb of each hand. Think the Jurassic Park Velociraptor claw, but three times the size. Yikes.Its mouth was long and crocodile-like, with 96 serrated teeth. That’s twice as many teeth as T-Rex. The shape and arrangement of its teeth tell us that Baronyx was a fish eater. It probably spent its time sitting on river banks, swiping fish out of the water with its ridiculous thumb-claws.Baryonyx was found relatively recently (1983) in a clay quarry in southern England. The fossil was so well preserved that it had partially digested fish scales in its stomach. These scales caused a revelation in the dinosaur world, allowed palaeontologists to properly identify numerous similar fossils from around the world as fish-eaters, and started a completely new group of piscivorous dinosaurs (the Spinosaurs).- OBImage Credits:- http://goo.gl/7q9lUF- http://goo.gl/pwrIie- http://goo.gl/oMCXYNFurther Reading:- 10 Baryonyx facts: http://goo.gl/BiEaZD -- source link
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