Reptilia - Theropoda - Therizinosauridae
Full reference: J. I. Kirkland and D. G. Wolfe. 2001. First definitive therizinosaurid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from North America. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 21(3):410-414
Parent taxon: Therizinosauridae according to H. Pu et al. 2013
See also Clark et al. 2004, Kirkland et al. 2005, Kirkland and Wolfe 2001, Li 2008, Li et al. 2007, Rauhut 2003, Senter et al. 2012, Xu et al. 2002, Zanno 2004, Zanno 2006, Zanno 2010 and Zanno et al. 2009
Sister taxa: Enigmosaurus, Erliansaurus, Eshanosaurus, Nanshiungosaurus, Neimongosaurus, Paralitherizinosaurus, Segnosaurus, Suzhousaurus, Therizinosaurus, Tiantaisaurus
Subtaxa: Nothronychus graffami Nothronychus mckinleyi
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (2: New Mexico, Utah collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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