Deinocheirus
Deinocheirus
- Pronunciation:
- DINE-oh-KIRE-us
- Name meaning:
- 'terrible hand'
- Type of dinosaur:
- large theropod
- Length:
- 10.0m
- Diet:
- omnivorous
- When it lived:
- Late Cretaceous, 70-66 million years ago
- Found in:
- Mongolia
Originally, scientists only had a pair of arm bones with big, long claws to learn about Deinocheirus. But in 2014, new material revealed that it had a unique, large hump on its back, supported by its back bones. Now we know that it was a truly bizarre-looking creature, with huge, clawed hands, a beaked head like a duck and a hump like a camel.
Taxonomic details
- Taxonomy:
- Dinosauria, Saurischia, Theropoda, Ornithomimosauria
- Named by:
- Osmólska and Roniewicz (1970)
- Type species:
- mirificus
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