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| Creature information | |
| Scientific name : | Draconyx loureiroi |
| Time period : | Late Jurassic period |
| Primary diet : | Herbivore |
| In the series | |
| Appearances : | The Watering Hole |
Draconyx
Draconyx (meaning "dragon claw") is a genus of dinosaur from the Late Jurassic. It was an ornithopod which lived in what is now Portugal. It was a herbivore. It was found in Lourinhã, in 1991, and described by Octávio Mateus and Miguel Telles Antunes in 2001.
Description
Draconyx was a big bipedal herbivore. Gregory S. Paul in 2010 estimated the length at 3.5 metres, the weight at 150 kilograms.