Baryonyx

Baryonyx Facts

Name Means	"Heavy Claw"
Type	Meat eater, killer/predator
Lived When	Early to Middle Cretaceous period, 125 million years ago
Weight	1.5-2 tons
Height	8 feet tall
Length	32 feet long
Weapons	Its huge nearly 1-foot long claws
Diet	Fish and plant eating dinosaurs such as the iguanadon
Habitat	Fossils of Baryonyx have been found in England and Europe
Interesting Baryonyx Facts	Baryonyx is the only known dinosaur to have eaten fish. It had long, narrow, crocodile-like jaws with 96 small, serrated (like saw blades) teeth. There were 64 on the bottom and 32 larger ones on top. This is a lot of teeth! Baryonyx may have waded into streams and rivers to catch fish, like bears do today.

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