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Therizinosaurus (/ ˌ θ ɛ r ə ˌ z ɪ n oʊ ˈ s ɔːr ə s / ⓘ; meaning 'scythe lizard') is a genus of very large therizinosaurid dinosaurs that lived in Asia during the Late Cretaceous period in what is now the Nemegt Formation around 70 million years ago. It contains a single species, Therizinosaurus cheloniformis.
Forelimbs of Therizinosaurus, specimen IGM 100/15 displayed at Nagoya City Science Museum. Therizinosaurs were long considered an enigmatic group, whose mosaic of features resembling those of various different dinosaur groups, and scarcity of their fossils, led to controversy over their evolutionary relationships for decades after their initial discovery.
The humerus (upper arm) was exceptionally robust and flexible with wide lower ends as seen on the humeri of the therizinosaurids Nothronychus and Therizinosaurus. Not only that but the biceps muscle was prominently well-developed in Therizinosaurus. [2] [12] In Segnosaurus, the deltopectoral crest (deltoid muscle attachment) was strongly built. [3]
Therizinosaurus: 1954 Nemegt Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) Mongolia: Possessed extremely elongated and stiffened hand claws Tianchisaurus: 1993 Toutunhe Formation (Late Jurassic, Oxfordian to Kimmeridgian) China: Its description uses the spellings Tianchisaurus and Tianchiasaurus interchangeably, but the former is correct [135 ...
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Therizinosaurus is introduced in Jurassic World Dominion, [280] becoming one of the first fully feathered dinosaurs to appear in the film series. [192] The Therizinosaurus is partially blind due to cataracts and uses echolocation to get around, producing a series of clicking noises that reverberate in its environment.