Draconyx

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Draconyx Fossil range: Late Jurassic
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Sauropsida Superorder: Dinosauria Order: Ornithischia Suborder: Ornithopoda Infraorder: Iguanodontia Family: Camptosauridae Genus: Draconyx Species: D. loureiroi
Binomial name
Draconyx loureiroi Mateus & Antunes, 2001

Draconyx ("Dragon claw") was a genus of dinosaur from the Late Jurassic. It was an ornithopod which lived in what is now Portugal. It was found in Lourinhã, in 1991, and described by Octávio Mateus and Miguel Telles Antunes in 2001.

The type species, known from only partial remains, is D. loureiroi, in honour of João de Loureiro, a Portuguese jesuit priest, a pioneer in Portuguese palaeontology.

Contents 1 Material 2 Systematics 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Material

The holotype (ML 357) consists of two maxillary teeth, three caudal centra, one chevron, distal epiphysis of right humerus, one manual phalanx, three manual unguals, distal epiphysis of right femur, epiphysis of tibia and fibula, astragalus, calcanaeum, three tarsals, four metatarsals and pedal phalanges. It was found on Vale de Frades.

A femur (ML 434), found on Praia do Caniçal, has also been referred to this taxon.

[edit] Systematics

According to Mateus and Antunes (2001), Draconyx loureiroi is a member of Iguanodontia, more specifically Camptosauridae, based on:

• Maxillary teeth have a strong vertical pnmary ridge on the distal side of the labial crown
• Femur 1s curved and has a prominent lesser trochanter

[edit] References

• Mateus, O. & Antunes, M.T. (2001). Draconyx loureiroi, a new Camptosauridae (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) from the Late Jurassic of Lourinhã, Portugal. Annales de Paleontologie, 87(1): 61-73

[edit] External links

• Mateus, O. & Antunes, M.T. (2001). Draconyx loureiroi, a new Camptosauridae (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) from the Late Jurassic of Lourinhã, Portugal. Annales de Paleontologie, 87(1): 61-73
• Iguanodontia at Thescelosaurus!