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Therizinosaurus
© Andrey Atuchin
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This large dinosaur is only known from the forelimb skeleton, so reconstructions are mostly guesswork.
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- Pronounced
- THER-ih-zine-oh-SORE-us
- Meaning of name
- scythe lizard
- Diet
- unknown
- When it lived
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Late Cretaceous
(85 - 70 million years ago) - Found in
- Mongolia
Taxonomic details
- Taxonomy
- Dinosauria, Saurischia, Theropoda, Neotherapoda, Tetanurae, Avetherapoda, Coelurosauria, Tyrannoraptora, Maniraptoriformes, Maniraptora, Therizinosauroidea, Therizinosauridae, Therizinosaurus
- Named by
- Maleev (1915)
- Type species
- cheloniformis