Aetonyx

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'''Aetonyx'''

Extinct (fossil)

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Sauropsida
Superorder:	Dinosauria
Order:	Saurischia
Suborder:	Sauropodomorpha
Infraorder:	Prosauropoda
Genus:	Aetonyx

Aetonyx (IPA: /eɪˈitənɪks/, /iˈtɑnɪks/) meaning “eagle claw”, referring to its claws, which were like those of an eagle (Greek aëtos = eagle + onyx = claw) was the name given to the fossilised remains of a Late Triassic dinosaur which lived around 198 million years ago during the Hettangian stage.

It used to be classified as a carnosaur, but has since been identified with Massospondylus, a prosauropod. Aetonyx is now, therefore, an invalid name.

Before the confusion was clarified, the type species was recorded as A. palustris. It was named by Robert Broom (1866 - 1951), South African palaeontologist, in 1911. The fossil was found in South Africa.