Baryonyx vs Plateosaurus

A detailed side-by-side comparison of Baryonyx and Plateosaurus, covering size, diet, classification, geologic period, and discovery history.

Side-by-Side Comparison

गुण Baryonyx Plateosaurus
वैज्ञानिक नाम Baryonyx walkeri Plateosaurus trossingensis
वर्गीकरण Spinosauridae Sauropodomorpha
युग Cretaceous Early Triassic Late
आहार Piscivore Herbivore
लंबाई 7.5 m 8.0 m
Height 2.5 m 2.5 m
वजन 1.7 t 700 kg
खोज वर्ष 1983 1837
खोज स्थान Surrey, England Trossingen, Germany
नामकर्ता Alan Charig & Angela Milner Hermann von Meyer

Size Comparison

Baryonyx 7.5 m

roughly the length of a large SUV

Plateosaurus 8.0 m

roughly the length of a large SUV

Weight Comparison

Baryonyx 1.7 t

comparable to 1.7 small cars

Plateosaurus 700 kg

about 10 adult humans

Timeline Comparison

Baryonyx
145.0 Mya Cretaceous Early (Mesozoic) 100.5 Mya
Plateosaurus
237.0 Mya Triassic Late (Mesozoic) 201.4 Mya

Diet Comparison

Baryonyx

Piscivore

Baryonyx was a fish-eater, specialized in catching aquatic prey.

Plateosaurus

Herbivore

Plateosaurus was a plant-eater, feeding on vegetation like ferns, conifers, and cycads.

Classification Comparison

Baryonyx

Clade: Theropoda

Group: Spinosauridae

(Spine lizards)

Plateosaurus

Clade: Saurischia

Group: Sauropodomorpha

(Lizard-footed forms)

Did You Know?

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Baryonyx weighed roughly 2x more than Plateosaurus.

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Baryonyx was a piscivore while Plateosaurus was a herbivore.

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Baryonyx lived during the Cretaceous Early while Plateosaurus lived during the Triassic Late, separated by roughly 136 million years.

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Plateosaurus was discovered 146 years earlier, in 1837.

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Baryonyx belonged to Spinosauridae while Plateosaurus belonged to Sauropodomorpha.

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