Baryonyx
Look at its long narrow snout and huge hand claw. Which features might have helped it catch slippery prey?
Preparing the Baryonyx exhibit.

Look at its long narrow snout and huge hand claw. Which features might have helped it catch slippery prey?

Preparing the Baryonyx exhibit.
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This is Baryonyx, a spinosaurid theropod dinosaur that lived in Europe during the Early Cretaceous. Look at its long narrow snout and huge hand claw. Which features might have helped it catch slippery prey?
Fossils of Baryonyx date to the Early Cretaceous (about 130–125 million years ago) and have been found in United Kingdom, Europe.
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