Aardonyx

Aardonyx is a genus of dinosaur. It lived in what is now South Africa during the Early Jurassic about 195 million years ago.^[1] The Aardonyx had a long, slender neck and a small head. It had a thick, barrel chest and primarily stood on two legs, but could walk on four. It was 20 feet long and 6 feet tall.^[2] It weighed about half a ton. Its diet was herbivorous.^[1]

Aardonyx Media

Aardonyx compared to a human in size
Riojasaurussketch
Jingshanosaurus xinwaensis
Restoration the Glacialisaurus hammeri
Massospondylus reconstruction
Leonerasaurus
Mussaurus patagonicus life restoration
Antetonitrus reconstruction
Diplodocus carnegii (flipped, cropped)
AardonyxNT

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Yates, Adam M.. A new transitional sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Early Jurassic of South Africa and the evolution of sauropod feeding and quadrupedalism (in en). Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 277 (1682) (2010-03-07). p. 787–794. doi:10.1098/rspb.2009.1440.
↑ Aardonyx Celestae : A Little-Known Dinosaur - Mesozo. mesozo.shop. Retrieved 2022-02-23.

[:0-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Yates, Adam M.. A new transitional sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Early Jurassic of South Africa and the evolution of sauropod feeding and quadrupedalism (in en). Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 277 (1682) (2010-03-07). p. 787–794. doi:10.1098/rspb.2009.1440.

[2] Aardonyx Celestae : A Little-Known Dinosaur - Mesozo. mesozo.shop. Retrieved 2022-02-23.

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