It was a land-dwelling, archosauriform reptile . It lived during the late Triassic period , about 230 million years ago. Scaphonyx was named by Woodward in 1908. The scapula is the shoulder bone. Most meat-eaters are scavengers.
Hyenas are modern-day scavengers.
It had a small head,a short neck, leaf-shaped teeth, a long, stiff tail, and a heavy body with armored plates embedded in its back. It may have had a bony beak. These bony plates had pointy studs on them. This quadruped lived during the early Jurassic period , roughly 206 million to 200 million years ago. It is known from two skeletons, one of which was a juvenile.