Paralitherizinosaurus
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Paralitherizinosaurus
DV-1189 · type species Paralitherizinosaurus japonicus
- Lived
- 84 to 72 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Theropods, Therizinosauridae
- Found in
- Japan
- Named by
- Kobayashi et al. 2022
Field notes
About Paralitherizinosaurus
Paralitherizinosaurus was a plant-eating theropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 84 to 72 million years ago. It belongs to the family Therizinosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Paralitherizinosaurus, from Japan. Its fossils come from the Osoushinai Formation. It was named by Kobayashi et al. in 2022.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
80 million years ago
Close relatives
Other members of Therizinosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: Y. Kobayashi, R. Takasaki, and A. R. Fiorillo, T. Chinzorig, Y. Hikida. 2022. New therizinosaurid dinosaur from the marine Osoushinai Formation (Upper Cretaceous, Japan) provides insight for function and evolution of therizinosaur claws. Scientific Reports 12:7207:1-12