Baryonyx fossil excavation site. Palaeontologists from the Natural History Museum,London,UK,working to excavate the fossils of a previously unknown dinosaur. This dinosaur would be named Baryonyx walkeri after its discoverer William Walker. These fossils were found in 1983 in clay pits near Dorking,UK,and were excavated by a team led by Alan J. Charig and Angela C. Milner. Baryonyx was a fish-eating carnivore that lived around 130 million years ago,during the Cretaceous period. Other Baryonyx fossils have since been found in Spain and Portugal. Photographed in 1983 | |
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