(Claw of Baryonyx walkeri) Baryonyx means 'heavy claw'. Unusually for a carnivorous dinosaur we know it ate fish as scientists have found fish scales and teeth with its fossil where its stomach would have been.

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Baryonyx video

Discovering a very unusual dinosaur

In 1983 a team from the Museum excavated a Baryonyx dinosaur. Why was it such an exciting and important discovery? What has research revealed about Baryonyx since then? Watch the video to find out.

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Presented by:
Dr Angela Milner
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