Types of Dinosaurs

Names of Dinosaurs & Dinosaur Information
Dinosaur Name:

Baryonyx

- Pronunciation: bare-ee-ON-iks
- Translation: Heavy Claw
- Order: Saurischia
- Suborder: Theropoda
- Height: 6 feet (1.8 meters)
- Weight: 4,000 lbs (1,814 kg)
- Length: 30 feet (9.1 meters)
- Period: Early Cretaceous
- Description: Carnivore, Bipedal, semi Quadrupedal
- Notes: Discovered in southern England, Baronyx had a hugecurved claw over 12 inches (30-cm) in length on each hand.Its long narrow jaws were equipped with small pointed teeth,twice as many as a theropod would normally have, which leadsmany to think that Baryonyx was a fisher. It might have wadedin shallow water to spear fish with its claws.