Erlikosaurus

In Depth        Named after Erlik,‭ ‬the demon king in Mongolian mythology,‭ ‬Erlikosaurus was a ground breaking discovery as it was the first therizinosaurid skull known to science.‭ ‬Despite the overall lack of other skeletal material,‭ ‬this skull made Erlikosaurus a model for other therizinosaurids,‭ ‬which at the time were only known from their post cranial … Read more

Nanshiungosaurus

In Depth        Nanshiungosaurus was first described from partial remains mostly consisting of vertebrae in‭ ‬1979.‭ ‬To begin with Nanshiungosaurus was thought to be a titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur,‭ ‬a‭ ‬bit later it was realised to be a therizinosaur.‭ ‬As a therizinosaur,‭ ‬Nanshiungosaurus was a theropod dinosaur that had adapted to a herbivorous diet instead of a … Read more

Therizinosaurus

therizinosaurus

In Depth        What makes Therizinosaurus and others from its group stand out from other dinosaurs are the huge claws that are on the end of its fingers.‭ ‬In Therizinosaurus these claws reached up to one meter long,‭ ‬and there purpose has three main theories.‭ ‬The first is for display,‭ ‬with the larger claws being indicative … Read more

Segnosaurus

In Depth        Much of Segnosaurus is still unknown and as such reconstructions of Segnosaurus are usually based with the addition of Erlikosaurus material‭ ‬to fill in the missing parts.‭ ‬Although very similar to one another,‭ ‬Segnosaurus has a key difference in the mouth in that the outer surface of the lower jaw begins at the … Read more