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Therizinosauridae

Reptilia - Therizinosauridae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Therizinosauridae Maleev p. 108
1976Therizinosauridae Barsbold p. 75
1977Therizinosauridae Barsbold p. 50
1977Therizinosauridae Rozhdestvensky p. 112
1979Segnosauridae Perle p. 45
1980Segnosauridae Barsbold and Perle pp. 187-188
1980Therizinosauridae Ostrom p. 22
1983Therizinosauridae Barsbold p. 101
1983Segnosauridae Barsbold p. 104
1983Enigmosauridae Barsbold p. 106
1983Enigmosauridae Barsbold and Perle p. 106
1988Segnosauridae Carroll
1988Therizinosauridae Carroll
1989Segnosauridae Mader and Bradley p. 51
1992Segnosauridae Dong p. 167
1994Therizinosauridae Russell and Dong pp. 2119-2120
1994Therizinosauridae Sereno et al. p. 270
1995Therizinosauridae Clark et al. p. 24A
1995Segnosauridae Nessov pp. 35-36
1995Therizinosauridae Nessov pp. 35-36
1997Nanshiungosauridae Dong and Yu p. 90
1997Segnosauridae Dong and Yu p. 90
1997Therizinosauridae Sereno p. 457
1998Therizinosauridae Sereno p. 65
1999Therizinosauridae Sereno p. 2139 fig. 2
2000Therizinosauridae Currie p. 439
2001Erlikosauridae Eberth et al. p. 58
2001Therizinosauridae Kirkland and Wolfe p. 410
2001Therizinosauridae Zhang et al. p. 284
2002Therizinosauridae Xu et al. p. 230
2003Therizinosauridae Rauhut p. 41
2004Therizinosauridae Clark et al. p. 152
2004Therizinosauridae Zanno p. 134A
2006Therizinosauridae Zanno p. 648
2007Therizinosauridae Li et al. pp. 546-547 fig. 4
2008Therizinosauridae Li p. 47
2008Therizinosauridae Li et al. pp. 778-779
2009Therizinosauridae Zanno et al. pp. S1-5
2010Therizinosauridae Zanno p. 519–520
2012Therizinosauridae Senter et al. p. 11 fig. 7
2013Therizinosauridae Pu et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
RankNameAuthor
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptoriformes
TherizinosauriaRussell 1997
superfamilyTherizinosauroidea
familyTherizinosauridae
familyTherizinosauridae

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. †Therizinosauridae Maleev 1954
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G. †Enigmosaurus Barsbold and Perle 1983 [enigmatic lizard]
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Enigmosaurus mongoliensis Barsbold and Perle 1983
G. †Erliansaurus Xu et al. 2002
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Erliansaurus bellamanus Xu et al. 2002
G. †Eshanosaurus Xu et al. 2001
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Eshanosaurus deguchiianus Xu et al. 2001
G. †Nanshiungosaurus Dong 1979
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Nanshiungosaurus bohlini Dong and Yu 1997
G. †Neimongosaurus Zhang et al. 2001
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Neimongosaurus yangi Zhang et al. 2001
G. †Nothronychus Kirkland and Wolfe 2001
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Nothronychus graffami Zanno et al. 2009
Nothronychus mckinleyi Kirkland and Wolfe 2001
G. †Paralitherizinosaurus Kobayashi et al. 2022
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Paralitherizinosaurus japonicus Kobayashi et al. 2022
G. †Segnosaurus Perle 1979
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G. †Suzhousaurus Li et al. 2007 [Suzhou lizard]
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Suzhousaurus megatherioides Li et al. 2007
G. †Therizinosaurus Maleev 1954
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G. †Tiantaisaurus Qian et al. 2012
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Tiantaisaurus sifengensis Qian et al. 2012
Invalid names: Enigmosauridae Barsbold and Perle 1983 [synonym], Erlikosauridae Eberth et al. 2001 [synonym], Nanshiungosauridae Dong and Yu 1997 [synonym], Segnosauridae Perle 1979 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Maximum body mass: 10000 kgg
Minimum body mass: 3000 kgg
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialsuperf
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingsuperf
Diet: herbivoresuperf
Reproduction: oviparoussuperf
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2005-09-11 17:03:44
Modified: 2005-09-11 19:03:44
Source: g = genus, superf = superfamily, o = order
References: Holtz et al. 2000, Peczkis 1995, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Hettangian to the top of the Late/Upper Campanian or 201.30000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hettangian201.3 - 199.3China (Yunnan) Therizinosauroidea indet. (51909)
Late/Upper Valanginian140.2 - 136.4South Africa (Eastern Cape) Carnosauria indet. (55273)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Russian Federation (Buryat) Therizinosauroidea indet. (58196)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0China (Gansu) Suzhousaurus megatherioides (76900)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0China (Gansu) Nanshiungosaurus bohlini (45168) Suzhousaurus megatherioides (84007)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6China (Zhejiang) Tiantaisaurus sifengensis (175968)
Cenomanian - Santonian100.5 - 83.6Mongolia (Omnogov) Segnosauridae indet. (55254) Segnosaurus galbinensis (67974 79724 224602)
Cenomanian - Santonian100.5 - 83.6Mongolia (Dornogov) Segnosaurus galbinensis, Enigmosaurus mongoliensis (118167)
Late/Upper Cenomanian - Early/Lower Turonian99.6 - 89.3Japan (Kumamoto) Therizinosauridae indet. (51963)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (Utah) Therizinosauridae indet. (67973)
Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (New Mexico) Nothronychus mckinleyi (52033)
Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian86.3 - 70.6Kazakhstan (Qyzylorda) Tarbosaurus sp. (59702) Therizinosauridae indet. (53134)
Early/Lower Santonian85.8 - 83.5Tajikistan (Sogd) Oviraptoridae indet. (58701)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Japan (Hokkaido) Maniraptora indet. (87521)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6China (Nei Mongol) Neimongosaurus yangi, Erliansaurus bellamanus (55713)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Mongolia (Omnogov) Therizinosaurus cheloniformis (88554 179625)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0China (Guangdong) Nanshiungosaurus brevispinus (58448)