Reptilia - Theropoda - Therizinosauridae
Synonyms: Enigmosauridae Barsbold and Perle 1983, Erlikosauridae Eberth et al. 2001, Nanshiungosauridae Dong and Yu 1997, Segnosauridae Perle 1979
Full reference: E. A. Maleev. 1954. Noviy cherepachoobrazhniy yashcher v Mongolii [New tortoise-like saurian from Mongolia]. Priroda 1954(3):106-108
Parent taxon: Therizinosauroidea according to H. Pu et al. 2013
See also Barsbold 1976, Barsbold 1976, Barsbold 1977, Barsbold 1983, Barsbold and Perle 1980, Carroll 1988, Clark et al. 2004, Clark et al. 1995, Currie 2000, Dong 1992, Dong and Yu 1997, Eberth et al. 2001, Kirkland and Wolfe 2001, Li 2008, Li et al. 2007, Li et al. 2008, Mader and Bradley 1989, Maleev 1954, Nessov 1995, Ostrom 1980, Rauhut 2003, Rozhdestvensky 1977, Russell and Dong 1994, Senter et al. 2012, Sereno 1997, Sereno 1998, Sereno 1999, Sereno et al. 1994, Xu et al. 2002, Zanno 2004, Zanno 2006, Zanno 2010, Zanno et al. 2009 and Zhang et al. 2001
Sister taxa: Alxasauridae, Alxasaurus, Beipiaosaurus, Dendroolithidae, Martharaptor
Subtaxa: Enigmosaurus Erliansaurus Eshanosaurus Nanshiungosaurus Neimongosaurus Nothronychus Paralitherizinosaurus Segnosaurus Suzhousaurus Therizinosaurus Tiantaisaurus
Type: Therizinosaurus
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of China (6 collections), Japan (2), Kazakhstan (2), Mongolia (7), the Russian Federation (1), South Africa (1), Tajikistan (1), United States (2: New Mexico, Utah)
• Jurassic of China (1)
Total: 23 collections including 25 occurrences