Duonychus

Field photograph to come

DV-1273Baynshire Fm., Mongolia

Duonychus

DV-1273

Lived
101 to 84 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
Diet
Herbivore
Group
Theropods, Therizinosauridae
Found in
Mongolia
Named by
Kobayashi et al. 2025

Field notes

About Duonychus

Duonychus was a plant-eating theropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 101 to 84 million years ago. It belongs to the family Therizinosauridae.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Duonychus, from Mongolia. Its fossils come from the Baynshire Formation. It was named by Kobayashi et al. in 2025.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

90 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Therizinosauridae.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: Y. Kobayashi, D. K. Zelenitsky, and A. R. Fiorillo, T. Chinzorig. 2025. Didactyl therizinosaur with a preserved keratinous claw from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia. iScience