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clade · 2 represented species

Therizinosauria

Therizinosauria is included in this curated classification as a clade within Maniraptora. Its displayed membership follows the simplified relationships used by this dataset.

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Therizinosauria

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Representative silhouette for Therizinosauria
2Direct child groups
1Countries represented
95.9–66 MaDataset range

Branch structure

Direct branches in this dataset

genus

Therizinosaurus

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Duonychus

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Representative taxa

Dinosaurs in this branch

Side-view life reconstruction of Therizinosaurus cheloniformisArt by TotalDino · CC BY 4.0

Cretaceous

Therizinosaurus cheloniformis

A giant, plant-eating theropod from Mongolia known chiefly from enormous forelimbs and blade-like claw bones; its familiar long-necked, broad-bellied body is reconstructed from more complete relatives.

herbivore~9 m
Feathered life reconstruction of Duonychus tsogtbaatariArt by Connor Ashbridge · CC BY 4.0

Cretaceous

Duonychus tsogtbaatari

A medium-sized Mongolian therizinosaur with only two functional fingers and a rare three-dimensionally preserved keratin claw sheath.

herbivore~3 m

Distribution

Geographic record

Mongolia

Country-level summary of represented seed records, not a complete range map.

Sources

Further reading

Introduction to the DinosauriaDinosaur Paleobiology