Reptilia - Theropoda - Therizinosauridae

Full reference: Y. Kobayashi, R. Takasaki, A. R. Fiorillo, T. Chinzorig, and Y. Hikida. 2022. New therizinosaurid dinosaur from the marine Osoushinai Formation (Upper Cretaceous, Japan) provides insight for function and evolution of therizinosaur claws. Scientific Reports 12:7207:1-12

Parent taxon: Therizinosauridae according to Y. Kobayashi et al. 2022

Sister taxa: Enigmosaurus, Erliansaurus, Eshanosaurus, Nanshiungosaurus, Neimongosaurus, Nothronychus, Segnosaurus, Suzhousaurus, Therizinosaurus, Tiantaisaurus

Subtaxa: Paralitherizinosaurus japonicus

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Type: Paralitherizinosaurus japonicus

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Confluence of Rubeshibe River and 36 Ten-zawa Creek (Cretaceous of Japan)

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