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Therizinosauridae

Paralitherizinosaurus japonicus

"tidal"

Generic theropod body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Paralitherizinosaurus 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic theropod body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Paralitherizinosaurus
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (100–66 Mya)
Place
Japan
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Therizinosauridae Dinosauria Saurischia Theropoda Coelurosauria Pot-bellied theropods with giant claws — secondarily plant-eating.

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.

What we guess

The reconstruction notes for Paralitherizinosaurus — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.