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Baryonyx

Baryonyx (/ˌbæriˈɒnɪks/) is a genus of theropod dinosaur which lived in the Barremian stage of the Early Cretaceous period, about 130–125 million years ago. The first skeleton was discovered in 1983 in the Smokejack Clay Pit, of Surrey, England, in sediments of the Weald Clay Formation, and became the holotype specimen of Baryonyx walkeri, named by…

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History of discovery

Clay pitOckleyNatural History Museum of LondonMatrixSiltstone
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Classification

ThecodontArchosaursUnnaturalPrimitiveGregory S. Paul
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Palaeobiology

GaffGrizzly bearHeronsStorksIguanodontid
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Palaeoenvironment

HauterivianAgeMudflatLagoonsMarshes
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related to Palaeoenvironment · 56
Baryonyx → Anglo-Paris Basin, Archisphex, Aristosuchus, Barker, Barremian, Bevhalstia, Calamospondylus, Ceratosuchops, Chondrosteosaurus, Dinosaurs, Dorsetisaurus, During, Early Cretaceous, Eotyrannus, Eucamerotus, Hauterivian, Hybodus, Hypsilophodon, Iguanodon, Isle
related to Assigned specimens · 45
Baryonyx → Arden, Boca, Burgos, Burgos Province, Carolina Fuentes Vidarte, Chapim, Darío Estraviz-López, Dinosaur, Erik Isasmendi, Fossils, Holtz, Iberia, Iberian, Iberospinus, In, Infantes, Isle, Isolated, José Angel Torres, La Rioja
related to Classification · 39
Baryonyx → Angaturama, Baryonychidae, Baryonychinae, Brazil, Buffetaut, Cesar, Charig, Cristatusaurus, Denver, Dilophosaurus, Discoveries, Egypt, Fowler, Gregory, Holtz, In, Irritator, Marcos, Megalosauroidea, Milner
related to Possible synonyms · 36
Baryonyx → According, Aptian, Barker, Boca, Buffetaut, Chapim, Charig, Cristatusaurus, Dale Russell, Dinosauria, Elrhaz Formation, Gideon, Hans-Dieter Sues, Henri, Hutt, In, Isle, Mantell, Mateus, Megalosaurus
related to Evolution · 34
Baryonyx → Africa, Asia, Australia, Barremian, Buffetaut, Cenomanian, Cretaceous, Early Cretaceous, Europe, Gondwana, Iberia, Iberian, In, Jurassic, Laurasia, Middle Jurassic, Milner, Milner's, Mohamed Ouaja, Pangea
related to Diet and feeding · 24
Baryonyx → According, Allosaurus, An, Andrew Kitchener, Baryonyx's, Brazil, Buffetaut, Charig, In, It, Kitchener, Larger, Lepidotes, Milner, Niger, Oliver Wings, Reid, Robin, Scheenstia, Taquet
related to External links · 12
Baryonyx → Angela, CC-BY-SA-3, ISSN, Michael Bech, Milner This, Natural History Museum, PDF, Science, The, Wikidata Q63252951, WikiJournal, Wikipedia
related to Motion and semi-aquatic habits · 12
Baryonyx → Charig, David, Holtz, Hone, In, Milner, Nizar Ibrahim, Resting, Spinosaurus, Suchomimus, The, They
related to Skull · 12
Baryonyx → Allosaurus, Baryonyx's, Charig, Dilophosaurus, It, Meckelian, Milner, S-shaped, Sereno, Suchomimus, The, This
related to Postcranial skeleton · 7
Baryonyx → Apart, From, Initially, Like, One, The, Their

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spinosaurids teeth colleagues found also genus similar may palaeontologist large specimen suchomimus suggested bones front theropod spinosaurid would holotype milner

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a crest on the premaxilla not found in Baryonyxinstance ofthe palaeontologist Frédéric Pittet found that assigned specimens of Cristatusaurus and Suchomimus shared features0.80text
and suggested this confirmed the synonymy of the Nigerien taxainstance ofthe palaeontologist Frédéric Pittet found that assigned specimens of Cristatusaurus and Suchomimus shared features0.80text
Dilophosaurusinstance ofA downturned premaxilla and a sigmoid lower margin of the upper tooth row was also present in distantly related theropods0.80text
longinstance ofThey shared features0.80text
narrowinstance ofThey shared features0.80text
crocodile-like skullsinstance ofThey shared features0.80text
fishinstance ofand would likewise have allowed spinosaurids to swallow large prey0.80text
other animalsinstance ofand would likewise have allowed spinosaurids to swallow large prey0.80text
hearinginstance ofTheir neurosensory capabilities0.80text
olfactioninstance ofTheir neurosensory capabilities0.80text
conical teethinstance ofbased on skull features0.80text
snouts that were compressed from side to sideinstance ofbased on skull features0.80text

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