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beaked plant-eater
Draconyx
Say it like this: “DRAK-o-niks”
Draconyx loureiroi
Draconyx ate plants and walked on two or four legs. It lived in the Late Jurassic. Bones have been found in Portugal.
- When
- Late Jurassic (Tithonian) · roughly 149.2 to 143.1 million years ago
- Named in
- 2001 · Mateus, O.; Telles Antunes, M.
- Hip height
- 1 m · 3 ft
- Length
- 2.9–3.9 m · 10–13 ft
- Weight
- 150 kg · 331 lb
- Found in
- Portugal · Lourinhã
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Two or four legs
- Kind
- beaked plant-eater · Ornithopod
- Family branch
- Dryomorpha
The story in short
In 2001, O. Mateus and M. Telles Antunes published the name Draconyx.
Fossils referred to Draconyx date to the Late Jurassic (Tithonian), roughly 149.2 to 143.1 million years ago. Finds come from Portugal, including the Lourinhã Formation. It was a herbivore and could move on two or four legs.
Published estimates put Draconyx at a length near 2.9–3.9 m, hips about 1 m high, and a body mass around 150 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Dryomorpha, among the ornithopod dinosaurs.