baryonyx

See also: Baryonyx

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βαρύς (barús, heavy or strong) + ὄνυξ (ónux, claw or talon).

Noun

baryonyx (plural baryonyxes)

  1. Baryonyx walkeri, a theropod from the Cretaceous period discovered in 1983 in Surrey, England by William Walker, believed to be an ancestor of Spinosaurus.