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early long-neck · Disputed
Gryponyx
Say it like this: “GRIP-on-iks”
Gryponyx africanus
Gryponyx ate plants and walked on two legs. It lived in the Early Jurassic. Bones have been found in South Africa.
- When
- Early Jurassic (Hettangian · Sinemurian) · roughly 201.4 to 192.9 million years ago
- Named in
- 1911 · Broom, R.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 5 m · 16 ft
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- South Africa · Elliot
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Two legs
- Kind
- early long-neck · Sauropodomorph
- Family branch
- Massospondylidae
The story in short
The genus Gryponyx dates to 1911, the year R. Broom described it.
Fossils referred to Gryponyx date to the Early Jurassic (Hettangian · Sinemurian), roughly 201.4 to 192.9 million years ago. Finds come from South Africa, including the Elliot Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Gryponyx at a length near 5 m.
On the family tree it sits in Massospondylidae, among the early long-necked dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Adeopapposaurus
Adeopapposaurus mognai
Early Jurassic (Hettangian–Toarcian) · roughly 201.4 to 174.7 million years ago
Coloradisaurus
Coloradisaurus brevis
Late Triassic (Norian) · roughly 227.3 to 205.7 million years ago
Fulengia
Fulengia youngi
Early Jurassic (Sinemurian) · roughly 199.5 to 192.9 million years ago