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(Claw of Baryonyx walkeri) Baryonyx means 'heavy claw'. Unusually for a carnivorous dinosaur we know it ate fish as scientists have found fish scales and teeth with its fossil where its stomach would have been.

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Contact the Museum

Natural History Museum
Cromwell Road
London
SW7 5BD
UK

For the Natural History Museum at Tring, see the Natural History Museum at Tring contact and enquiries page.

General enquiries
  • Switchboard +44 (0)20 7942 5000
    (9.00-17.30 Mon-Fri)
    Contact us by email
  • Life Galleries information desk +44 (0)20 7942 5011
    (10.00-17.30 Mon-Sat; 11.00-17.30 Sunday)
  • Customer services +44 (0)20 7942 5511 or email
    (10.00-18.00 Mon-Fri)
Identification and general science
  • Identification and general science enquiries see website
  • Commercial/science enquiries see website
  • Science consulting see website or email
Purchase enquiries
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Other useful contacts
Education enquiries
  • Advanced group bookings see website or call +44 (0)20 7942 5555
  • Teachers CPD courses call +44 (0)20 7942 5555
  • Adult education, field studies, courses and tours call +44 (0)20 7942 5555
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