Close

Baryonyx: The Discovery of an incredible Dinosaur

A screenshot showing a hand holding a dinosaur claw

Play

Baryonx: Discovery of a dinosaur

© The Natural History Museum

Intro

Teacher notes
- The story of one of the most exciting dinosaur discoveries ever made in Britain began in 1983 when a huge claw bone was found by an amateur fossil hunter in a quarry around 30 miles south of London.
  
  In this video Angela Milner, one of the Natural History Museum fossil experts who described and named the dinosaur, explains why Baryonyx was such an amazing and significant find that led to the discovery of a whole new group of dinosaurs, the Spinosaurs.
- This short video from the Natural History Museum tells the story of a groundbreaking dinosaur discovery in 1980s Britain.
  
  The video is useful for introducing students to the ideas of discovering dinosaurs in the ground and can lead on to a discussion about how we are still discovering new things. It highlights the idea of a chance discovery, it is possible that even one of your students could come across a dinosaur bone.
  
  The video is about 4 minutes long.