Hesperonyx martinhotomasorum Hesperonyx
"western claw"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Hesperonyx 5 m (16.4 ft) long
3 people holding hands
- Length
- 5 m (16.4 ft)
- Period
- Late Jurassic (163–145 Mya)
- Place
- Portugal
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria
Hesperonyx (meaning “western claw”) is an extinct genus of dryomorphan ornithopod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic Lourinhã Formation of Portugal. The genus contains a single species, Hesperonyx martinhotomasorum, known from bones of the fore- and hindlimbs.
What we know
- Named by Rotatori et al., 2024.
- Fossils found in Portugal.