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Nothronychus
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A partial skull and postcranium of Nothronychus have been found. This odd dinosaur may even have evolved from a carnivore to a herbivore.
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- Pronounced
- noh-thron-i-kus
- Meaning of name
- sloth-like claw
- Length
- 5.3m
- Diet
- omnivorous
- When it lived
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Late Cretaceous
(94 - 89 million years ago) - Found in
- USA
Taxonomic details
- Taxonomy
- Dinosauria, Saurischia, Theropoda, Neotherapoda, Tetanurae, Avetherapoda, Coelurosauria, Tyrannoraptora, Maniraptoriformes, Maniraptora, Therizinosauroidea, Therizinosauridae, Nothronychus
- Named by
- Kirkland and Wolfe (2001)
- Type species
- mckinleyi