Baryonyx

Classification

Diet	Piscivore
Habitat	Terrestrial
Era	Early Cretaceous
Family	Spinosauridae
Genus	Baryonyx
Bio Group	Large Piscivore

Size

Height (m)	3
Length (m)	9
Weight (kg)	1,000

Rating

Base Appeal	91
Appeal (Per $1MM)	122.6
Appeal (Per Hectare)	44.1

Baryonyx

Median

Stats

Lifespan	47 - 56
Resilience	34
Attack	79
Defence	30
Medical Dart Resistance	94
Sedative Resistance	94
Poison Resistance	150

Environmental Needs

Comfort threshold	70%
Grassland (m²)	16700	54%
Forest (m²)	4200	14%
Water (m²)	10020	32%

Social Group	1 - 2
Ideal Population	0 - 16

Unlock requirements

Unlocked by retrieving the fossil from one of the following dig sites:

Dig Sites	Fossil Quality	Fossil Quantity	Locations	Duration	Cost
Smokejack Clay Pit	★	1	Europe \| UK \| Surrey	02:00	$60,000
	★★	5
	★★★	3

Incubation

Duration	04:22 - 04:51
Cost	742,000

Disease

Immune	Bracken Poisoning
Susceptible	Rabies

Description

Baryonyx was a large spinosaurid dinosaur. Its name means “Heavy Claw”, based on the animals very large claw on its first finger.Fossil evidence shows both fish scales and juvenile Iguanodon bones in the stomach region, suggesting that Baryonyx was a very capable predator of fish, but also an effective scavenger of carcasses.

Discovery

An almost complete specimen was discovered in 1983 in Surrey, England. Subsequent teeth and bones have been found on the Isle of Wight, and in areas of Spain and Portugal.

Paleoecology

With skull and jaw features similar to modern day gharials, Baryonyx would likely have spent much of the day in or around lakes, lagoons and river deltas as an opportunistic predator. This would help it avoid competition for food with large terrestrial based theropods.