INFO |
Baryonyx > B.walkeri
Partial skull and associated postcranial
skeleton. Discovered in the Barremian Wealden Formation, in Surrey,
England
was a large reasonably complete skeleton of a previously unknown
carnivorous dinosaur B.walkeri in some ways quite unlike
other theropods. The teeth are strongly slightly recurved and
rounded, not strongly compressed, in section. The snout is low and
elongate, with a spatulate tip.A large manual claw inspired the
media-given name "Claws". B.walkeri seems distinct from Becklespinax
as there is no indication that B.walkeri had elongate dorsal
neural spines. According to the Sereno ....Spinosauria
Baryonychidae
BMNH R9951 (HoloType) consisting of conjoined premaxillae,
conjoined vomers, anterior part of left maxilla, conjoined nasals,
left lacrimal, left prefrontal, left postorbital, anterior end of
braincase (right frontal, right parietal, right orbitosphenoid,
right laterosphenoid) posterior end of braincase together with
occiput (both prootic, both opisthotics, basisphenoid,
supraoccipital, both exoccipitals, basioccipital) left
jugal, both quadrates, both dentaries, both splenial, right
surangular, both angulars, right coronoid, some upper teeth and many
isolated teeth of unknown position, axis and 4 cervical vertebrae,
12 dorsals, 3 or 4 basal caudals, 3 distal caudals, one axial
rib, three cervical ribs, dorsal ribs, abdominal ribs, sternum, both
scapulae, both coracoids, both humeri, left radii, left ulna,
left pollex with ungual, left digit II or digit III, isolated
phalanges of bith sides, right ilium, both pubes, left ischium,
proximal end of left femur and distal end of right femur, right
fibula, right calcaneum, metatarsal fragments, 1 pedal
ungual. |