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Baryonyx Walkeri

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MemberCompsognathusFebruary 08, 20147008 Views18 Replies

Baryonyx is a genus of Spinosaur from the early cretacious of England and Portugal. The first described remains of Baryonyx was a huge claw, which gave the spinosaur its name,("Heavy Claw"). The enormous thumb claw was dug out of a clay pit in England.  shortly after, the owner of the claw was unearthed deeper in the clay pit. It's the Holotype, and being around 70% intact is now on display at the Natural History Museum in London.

Baryonyx has its own sub family in the Spinosaur group, the  Baryonychinae. The family has distinct differences from the rest of the family, such as lacking the impressive sail most members in the family have.  The holotype  of Baryonyx is thought to be a sub adult, although it measured an impressive 30 feet long and 9 feet tall. This means it could be a bit larger then previously thought.  Coincidently, studies conducted in 2007 point to Baronyx being a junior synonym of Suchomimus. This is due to the fact that Vertabrate in the two theropods are remarkably similiar, as well as the teeth. In his study, Buffetaut noted that teeth in Baryonyx seem to differ slightly with the individual, as seen in the larger genus, Spinosaurus. This is all still open to debate, however.

Like most Spinosaurs, Baryonyx had a snout that greatly resembled the modern day crocodile. From the number of skulls that have been unearthed, we now know Baryonyx had 96 teeth. 32 of those being in the upper jaw, and 64 being in the lower jaw. The upper jaw has a sharp angle in it, this evolved to prevent prey from slipping out of the Spinosaurs jaws, and is even seen in modern day Crocodilians.

 Despite this, Baryonyx wasn't just a fish eater. The remains of the Ornithopod Iguanodon have been found in close proximity to the spinosaur, suggesting the spinosaur occasionaly preyed on it. Another recent study showed the Jaws had stronger resistance to bending and torsion than Spinosaurus, suggesting a more land oriented diet then other Spinosaurs.

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Cool. Nice information.

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thanks! tomorrow i'm going to highlight a nodosaur, puttin some herbivores into the fray ;)

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One of my favorite Dinosaurs.

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I love Spinosaurus! I truly think It was the king of the dinosurs!

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all i have to say on that is Spinosaurs were truly enormous animals, even the smallest was around 26 feet long!

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Well what i find cool is that if you watch the documentary i watched they said that it was much like a crocidile, it could swim, and might even knock a T-Rex unconciouse just by ramming it's head against the T-Rex! They believe that that's how they would kill their prey, they think that it would get it's victim and shake their head violently unti the the body ripped apart, and the other half would fly 60 feet away, and the SPino would then eat the stuff in it's mouth and go look for the other part!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vu8Ve-3N2Ho It' the documentary and I promise it's worth every minute!

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eh, Monsters Resurrected isn't the most accurate thing in the world, watch this: much more accurate

Clicky click here..

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I actually watched it 5 minutes ago lol.

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i liked it, it would be cool if that was the reality, but click on my link above, probably the more realistic depiciton

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I did, I wacthed the BBC video 8 minutes ago while I was waiting for your reply. I think it's accuruate. that's what's cool about the only thing we really know is it's size, then we can IMAGINE how this thing was!

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The BBC depiction of Spino is more accurate. I saw Monsters Resurected and backed out, knowing I was in for the viewing of complete BS.

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Why are they considered inaccurate? I mean that's the only video I have seen from them...

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it picked up a 30 foot long, 2 ton rugops like nothing, made it seem like it was 2 meters long and a few hundred pounds. It's size was ridiculously over exaggerated, and it showed it tearing the face off a Sarcosuchus, something it most likely would not have actively sought to do.

Don't get me wrong, i liked it. Gave me a good laugh ;)

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Heh, overexaggeration, I see!

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"Another recent study showed the Jaws had stronger resistance to bending and torsion than Spinosaurus, suggesting a more land oriented diet then other Spinosaurs."

Baryonyx had stronger jaws when scaled to that of spinosaur*

Spinosaur had superior resistance to bending and torsion but performed poorly when the jaws of baryonyx, modern alligators and modern crocodiles where scaled to the jaws of spinosaurus.

Correct me if i'm wrong. :D

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no, it was tested on them seperatly. Baryonyx had its own results, there wasn't any scaling going on.

" When size is accounted for, B. walkeri performs mechanically differently from the gharial, contradicting previous studies whereas Spinosaurus does not."

That suggests Spinosaurus was more Piscovorious, while Baryonyx might not have been  tied to the water as much as Spinosaurus, as Gharials are mostly fish eaters.

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Baryonyx was cool. Monsters Resurrected was also complete BS. Not only did the Spinosaurus pick up a Rugops and shake it around(Rugops was said to be 9 meters long in the show which makes it even more inaccurate), tore up a Sarcosuchus, but Spinosaurus was also seen killing a Carcharodontosaurus with one claw swipe.

 

As far as Baryonyx killing large prey goes, it's possible. However, it may have also scavenged the Iguanodon. It's hard to say.

 

(that's the Rugops in it's mouth)

 

 

(Rugops was even shown as a hunter, even though it's almost certainly a scavenger).

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