Aardonyx

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Translingual[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Afrikaans aarde (“earth”) and Ancient Greek ὄνυξ (ónux, “nail, claw”), in reference to the hematite encrusting the claws of its fossils.

Proper noun[edit]

†Aardonyx f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the clade Saurischia – a sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Early Jurassic of South Africa.

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