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Baryonyx

Baryonyx walkeri

bah-ree-ON-icks· “heavy claw”

🕰️ Cretaceous🐟 piscivore🦴 Spinosauridae

9 m

Length

2.5 m

Height

1.7 t

Weight

A fish-hunting cousin of Spinosaurus found in an English clay pit, named for the huge 31-centimetre claw on each thumb. Its crocodile-like jaws held nearly a hundred teeth.

When

Early Cretaceous, ~130–125 million years ago

Found in

United Kingdom

Discovered

William Walker, 1983

Did you know?

Fish scales and a young Iguanodon were found in its stomach.
It was discovered by an amateur fossil hunter, a plumber named William Walker.
It's one of the most complete big predators ever found in Britain.

Artwork: TotalDino, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.