Therizinosaurus

A presentation by Sara Aleksandrova 9d

Therizinosaurus is an extinct
genus of the
therizinosauridae family that
lived in Mongolia during the
Late Cretaceous period
around 70 million years ago.
 While its diet remains
unconfirmed,
Therizinosaurus was
originally thought to be a
carnivore, at the point when
it was incorrectly theorized to
be a much larger animal with
a radically different body
plan.
 Based on studies of its
relatives, Therizinosaurus is
believed to have had weak
jaws and probably would
have fed by sitting down and
using its long arms and claws
to pull vegetation into its
mouth.
 Footprints suggested to
have come from unknown
therizinosaurids suggest it
may have had a plantigrade
walking stance, similar to
bears and crocodiles.
Appearances
Interesting facts

Just how big was

Therizinosaurus? It was a
33-foot-long (10.05 metres),
five-ton, bipedal behemoth.
As such, it weighed only a
few tons less than the
roughly contemporary
Tyrannosaurus Rex of North
America (which pursued a
completely different lifestyle).
 The most striking feature of
Therizinosaurus was its
claws—sharp, curved, 90
centimeter appendages. Not
only are these the longest
claws of any dinosaur (or
reptile) yet identified, but
they're the longest claws of
any animal in the history of
life on earth.
The paleontologist in charge
of the 1948 Soviet/Mongolian
expedition, Yevgeny Maleev
identified Therizinosaurus as
a giant, 15-foot-long marine
turtle equipped with giant
claws, to accommodate what
he thought was a unique
Mongolian branch of sea
turtles.
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attention!