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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]
Researchers are now proposing a surprising location for the birthplace of dinosaurs, based on the locations of the currently oldest-known dinosaur fossils, the evolutionary relationships among ...
Just because it's vegetarian doesn't mean it's a pushover!'" [194] Being an herbivore, Trevorrow considered it challenging to present the Therizinosaurus as a scary animal. [281] The filmmakers relied on paleontological discoveries for the dinosaur's design, but also sought to have it resemble Winston's animatronics. [ 282 ]
Life restoration. The Paralitherizinosaurus holotype specimen, NMV-52, was discovered in September 2000 in layers of the Osoushinai Formation in Nakagawa, Hokkaido, Japan, which dates to the early Campanian age of the late Cretaceous period.
Therizinosaurs, also known as segnosaurs, were theropod dinosaurs and members of the clade Therizinosauria. For many years after their discovery, the exact placing of this group within dinosaurs was somewhat speculative.
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