Aetonyx

Taxobox
name = "Aetonyx"
fossil_range = Early Jurassic
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
ordo = Saurischia
subordo = Sauropodomorpha
infraordo = Prosauropoda
genus = "Aetonyx"
genus_authority = Broom, 1911

"Aetonyx" (pronEng|eɪˈiːtənɪks/, IPA|/iːˈtɒnɨks/) meaning “eagle claw”, referring to its claws, which were like those of an eagle (Greek "αετος"/"aëtos" = eagle + "ονυξ"/"onyx" = claw) was the name given to the fossilized remains of Early Jurassic dinosaur which lived around 198 million years ago during the Hettangian stage.

It used to be classified as a carnosaur, but has since been identified with "Massospondylus", a prosauropod. "Aetonyx" is now, therefore, an invalid name.

Before the confusion was clarified, the type species was recorded as "A. palustris". It was named by Robert Broom (1866 - 1951), South African palaeontologist, in 1911. The fossil was found in South Africa.

External links

* [http://www.dinoruss.com/de_4/5a7b22e.htm Dinoruss web site]