Therizinosaurus

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Therizinosaurus

Fossil range: Late Cretaceous

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Superorder: Dinosauria
Order: Saurischia
Suborder: Theropoda
Infraorder: Coelurosauria
Family: Therizinosauridae
Genus: Therizinosaurus
Species: T. cheloniformis
Binomial name
Therizinosaurus cheloniformis
Maleev, 1954

Therizinosaurus was a huge omnivorous theropod dinosaur from the end of the Cretaceous period. It may be a relative to Ornithomimus. They were segnosaurs. Their fossils were first found in the late 1940s in Asia. They were named in 1954 after more bones were found.