Nothronychus graffami Zanno et al. 2009 (coelurosaur)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Therizinosauridae

Full reference: L. E. Zanno, D. D. Gillette, L. B. Albright and A. L. Titus. 2009. A new North American therizinosaurid and the role of herbivory in 'predatory' dinosaur evolution. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Belongs to Nothronychus according to H. Pu et al. 2013

See also Zanno 2010, Zanno 2010, Zanno et al. 2009 and Zanno et al. 2013

Sister taxon: Nothronychus mckinleyi

Type specimen: UMNH VP 16420, a set of postcrania (right femur). Its type locality is Big Water, Tropic Shale, which is in a Turonian marine shale in the Tropic Shale Formation of Utah.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Big Water, Tropic Shale

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