| Name: | “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 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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True or False:
The Baryonyx is the only known dinosaur to eat fish.
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