Baryonyx
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Baryonyx 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
Baryonyx walkeri mount NMNS
Cast of the claw of the first finger which the name Baryonyx was based on, in Palais de la Découverte, Paris
Skeletal diagram of the holotype specimen (below) compared with the related genus Suchomimus
Life restoration
Baryonychinae
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Baryonychinae is an extinct clade or subfamily of spinosaurids from the Early Cretaceous of Europe and West Africa. The clade was named by Charig & Milner in 1986 and defined by Sereno et al. in 1998
Baryonyx
…were named based on fossils from Niger in 1998. In their description of Suchomimus, Sereno and colleagues placed it and Baryonyx in the new subfamily Baryonychinae within Spinosauridae; Spinosaurus and Irritator were placed in the subfamily Spinosaurinae. Baryonychinae was distinguished by the small size and larger…
Reconstructed forelimb and hand of Suchomimus, Museum of Ancient Life, Utah
Closeup of the dentition of a cast of Suchomimus
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