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Baryonyx
"Heavy
Claw "
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Length
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Time,
Million Years Ago
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Place
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?12m, 9m (subadult)
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120
- 112
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Surrey
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First
Named
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Discoverer
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Family
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1987
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Charig
& Milner
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Spinosauria
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Baryonyx
was thought to be a fish eater since fish teeth and scales were
found in its belly. The skull and many teeth are similar in
shape to a crocodile.
Fossill
was discovered in the Barremian Wealden Formation in Surrey.
Type
Species Information
After
which the Genus is named
Baryonyx walkeri
Remains:
Partial skeleton, postcranial elements, teeth
©
2002 Gavin Rymill
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