Paralitherizinosaurus japonicus Paralitherizinosaurus
"tidal"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Paralitherizinosaurus 5 m (16.4 ft) long
3 people holding hands
- Length
- 5 m (16.4 ft)
- Period
- Late Cretaceous (100–66 Mya)
- Place
- Japan
- Food
- Herbivore
Paralitherizinosaurus is an extinct genus of therizinosaurid theropod dinosaurs from the Late Cretaceous Osoushinai Formation of Hokkaido, Japan. The genus contains a single species, Paralitherizinosaurus japonicus, known from a partial right hand and cervical vertebra. Paralitherizinosaurus represents the youngest therizinosaur known from Japan.
What we know
- Named by Kobayashi et al., 2022.
- Fossils found in Japan.