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
Belongs to Nothronychus 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, Qian et al. 2012, Rauhut 2003, Suarez et al. 2007, Zanno 2010, Zanno 2010, Zanno et al. 2009 and Zanno et al. 2013
Sister taxon: Nothronychus graffami
Type specimen: MSM P-2117, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Haystack Butte, MSM 98-78, which is in a Turonian wet floodplain claystone in the Moreno Hill Formation of New Mexico.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at Haystack Butte, MSM 98-78
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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