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| Therizinosaurus Temporal range: Upper Cretaceous | |
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| Genus: | Therizinosaurus |
| Species: | T. cheloniformis |
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| Therizinosaurus cheloniformis Maleev, 1954 | |
Therizinosaurus was a huge herbivorous theropod dinosaur from the end of the Cretaceous period.
New, well-preserved finds such as Alxasaurus in 1993 and Beipiaosaurus in 1996 provided details about the bird-like pelvis, feet and skulls of primitive members. This helped confirm they belonged to the same group of theropod dinosaurs as Therizinosaurus and that therizinosaurs were, more specifically, advanced, herbivorous maniraptoran theropods.
Their fossils were first found in the late 1940s in Asia. They were named in 1954 after more bones were found. It was a thought to be a carnivore and herbivore; it had very long claws - they were about 90 centimetres (3.0 ft) long. view more...
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