(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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Events

Scott evening events
20 January - 30 March 2012
Next event: 10 February 2012 - Antarctica: Experience it

Join in our series of events exploring the subjects of human endurance, exploration and the Antarctic region, to celebrate our Scott's Last Expedition exhibition.
Find out more about our Scott evening events

Night Safari Valentine's special - Turn me on OR Turn me off
14 February 2012

Our special double event has something for singles and couples with behind-the-scenes tours of selected specimens.
Find out more about Night Safari

After Hours
24 February 2012

Experience the Museum after hours and explore our world-renowned Dinosaur gallery, the Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition and the first late opening of Scott's Last Expedition exhibition.
Find out more about After Hours

Dino Snores
25 February 2012

Discover what really happens at the Museum when the staff and visitors have gone home and spend a night sleeping in the shadows of dinosaurs.
Find out more about Dino Snores

Later this year

Wild Planet
23 March – 30 September 2012

This free outdoor photography exhibition opens on the Museum's East lawn in spring 2012. It features 80 spectacular, classic shots form the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition on large-scale panels with accompanying image and photographer information. 

Ostrich - Animal Inside Out
Animal Inside Out
6 April – 16 September 2012

Explore the anatomy of more than 100 plastinated animals, from giraffes to ostriches, at this eye-opening exhibition. It will reveal fantastic insights into the evolution and intricate biology of some of the world's most impressive creatures. Adapted from Gunther von Hagens' Body Worlds.

Treasures gallery
Opening November 2012

Our new permanent gallery, Treasures, will give visitors a glimpse of the very best in our collection in a beautiful setting. It will be a place to wonder at rare, famous and surprising natural history specimens drawn from the worlds of botany, entomology, mineralogy, zoology and palaeontology. Centre-stage will be Archaeopteryx lithographica, the fossil of the oldest bird who lived 147 million years ago...

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