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
Belongs to Paralitherizinosaurus according to Y. Kobayashi et al. 2022
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: NMV-52, a set of postcrania (partial vertebra and partial manus). Its type locality is Confluence of Rubeshibe River and 36 Ten-zawa Creek, which is in a Campanian marginal marine mudstone in the Osoushinai Formation of Japan.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at Confluence of Rubeshibe River and 36 Ten-zawa Creek
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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