Aardonyx
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Translingual
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Aardonyx_NT.jpg/220px-Aardonyx_NT.jpg)
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
- A taxonomic genus within the clade Saurischia – a sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Early Jurassic of South Africa.
References
[edit]Aardonyx on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Saurischia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Aardonyx on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Aardonyx at Paleobiology Database