Draconyx

dragon claw

• draco · Latin · dragon
• onyx · Greek · claw

The name combines the Latin "draco" (dragon) with the Greek "onyx" (claw), giving "dragon claw". It was given to a small plant-eating dinosaur from the Late Jurassic of Portugal, known from partial skeletal remains including claw bones.

Named by

Mateus and Antunes

Year named

2001

Period

Late Jurassic

Stages

Kimmeridgian – Tithonian

Found in

Lourinhã Formation, Lourinhã area, Portugal

Valid genus; the type and only species is Draconyx loureiroi. It is an early iguanodontian (basal ankylopollexian) ornithopod, related to camptosaurs. The stage range is given with moderate confidence.