(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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Found in a Baryonyx's stomach

We know Baryonyx enjoyed fishy meals as many of these fossilised fish scales were found in its stomach. This scale is about 3cm long by 2.5cm wide.

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