Hesperonyx
Genus of ornithopod dinosaurs / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with Hesperonychus or Hesperomys.
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.
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Hesperonyx | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | †Ornithischia |
Clade: | †Ornithopoda |
Clade: | †Dryomorpha |
Genus: | †Hesperonyx Rotatori et al., 2024 |
Species: | †H. martinhotomasorum |
Binomial name | |
†Hesperonyx martinhotomasorum Rotatori et al., 2024 | |
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