Baryonyx is a mid-sized piscivorous theropod that lived in Britain during the Cretaceous. Baryonyx consists of one species, Baryonyx walkeri.
It is yet to be added to Prehistoric Kingdom.
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Description[]
Baryonyx is a medium sized theropod dinosaur, measuring up to ten metres in length and standing just over two metres in height. A rather small member of the Spinosauridae family, Baryonyx has many of the traits that have made its family a famous staple of the Mezosoic: a long-slender snout lined with sharp, conical teeth, large bulky claws, and raised vertebrae.
Management[]
To be announced.
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Nigel Marven
Nigel Marven
Nigel Marven
Nigel Marven
Paleontology[]
Baryonyx was discovered in 1983 by the British amateur fossil collector and plumber William Walker, it was later named in 1986 by paleontologists Alan Charig and Angela Milner and its name means "heavy claw" in reference to its large claw in its first finger, which was most likely used to impale and dismember large fish it couldn't process in its jaws.
Paleoecology[]
Because of the shape of the teeth and snout, Baryonyx and its relatives are often compared to modern crocodiles, with its diet being almost universally believed to largely be composed of fish. Owing to this comparison, Baryonyx is assumed to have spent much of its time wading through the shallows of rivers and using its sharp teeth and long arms to 'fish' for food as well as its large hooked ungual or claw, located on the innermost digit of its hand. Despite its similarities to crocodiles and believed diet, Baryonyx skeletons have been found with the remains of the ornithopod Iguanodon within its belly, implying either a predatory relationship with juveniles of the hardy species or a tendency to scavenge from larger meals.
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Trivia[]
- Baryonyx is one of the few primarily piscivorous animals confirmed to appear in Prehistoric Kingdom, alongside its larger cousin Spinosaurus.
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