Draconyx
Name: Draconyx
(dragon claw).
Phonetic: Dray-con-iks.
Named By: O. Mateus & M. T. Antunes
- 2001.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Dinosauria,
Ornithischia, Ornithopoda.
Species: D. loureiroi
(type).
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Roughly estimated to have been 3.5 meters
in length.
Known locations: Portugal - Bombarral Formation.
Time period: Tithonian of the Jurassic.
Fossil representation: Partial post cranial skeletal
remains.
Draconyx is a genus of ornithischian dinosaur that lived in Portugal during the late Jurassic. Although the currently available fossils don’t reveal the whole skeleton, Draconyx still seems to have been similar to Camptosaurus, albeit a little smaller.
Further reading
- Draconyx loureiroi, a new camptosauridae
(Dinosauria,
Ornithopoda) from the Late Jurassic of Lourinhã, Portugal. -
Annales de Paléontologie 87(1):61-73. - O. Mateus
& M. T. Antunes - 2001.
-
Dorsal rib histology of dinosaurs and a crocodylomorph from western
Portugal: Skeletochronological implications on age determination and
life history traits. - Comptes Rendus Palevol. - Katja Waskow &
Octavio Mateus - 2017.
- Reappraisal and new material of the holotype of Draconyx loureiroi
(Ornithischia: Iguanodontia) provide insights on the tempo and modo of
evolution of thumb-spiked dinosaurs. - Zoological Journal of the
Linnean Society. 195 (1): 125–156. - Filippo Maria Rotatori, Miguel
Moreno-Azanza & Octávio Mateus - 2022.
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