Hesperonyx Temporal range: Late Jurassic,
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | †Ornithischia |
Clade: | †Neornithischia |
Clade: | †Ornithopoda |
Clade: | †Dryomorpha |
Genus: | †Hesperonyx Rotatori et al., 2024 |
Species: | †H. martinhotomasorum
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Binomial name | |
†Hesperonyx martinhotomasorum Rotatori et al., 2024
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Hesperonyx (meaning "western claw") is an extinct genus of dryomorphan ornithopod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic Lourinhã Formation of Portugal. The genus contains a single species, Hesperonyx martinhotomasorum, known from bones of the fore- and hindlimbs.