Dinosaur
Aardonyx
It was found near Rosendal, in the South African province of the Free State.
The arms of Aardonyx preserve a mix of features useful for studying the transition to large sauropods.
Three stages. One companion.
Game artwork
AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.
Aardonyx at a glance
- Diet
- Herbivore
- A plant-based diet is inferred from its anatomy and comparisons with related animals; not all herbivores ate the same plants.
- When it lived
- Jurassic
- Group
- Sauropodomorpha
- Sauropodomorphs
- Fossil locations
- South Africa
- Places where fossils have been found
Beyond the game
The real Aardonyx
Its arms preserve features intermediate between early sauropodomorphs and later sauropods. Their anatomy suggests that it could walk on two legs and also support itself on all four.
It was found near Rosendal in South Africa’s Free State province. Its body structure suggests that it could use either two or four legs. That is a conclusion about how one animal moved, not a suggestion that it changed into another species.
This grouping describes evolutionary relationships. Its members share ancestors; they do not form a chain in which one must turn into another.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
Map references
Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Fossil records: linked collections and publications.A note on the science
It was found near Rosendal in South Africa’s Free State province. Its body structure suggests that it could use either two or four legs. That is a conclusion about how one animal moved, not a suggestion that it changed into another species.
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- Aardonyx celestae
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- Aardonyx
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- Sauropodomorpha
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- Living birds
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