Therizinosaurus Therizinosaurus cheloniformis Maleev 1954
/ˌθɛrəˌzɪnoʊˈsɔːrəs/
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · 72.2–66 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Where It Was Found
Country
Mongolia
Region
Omnogov
Formation
Nemegt
Dig sites
2
distinct collections
Overview
Therizinosaurus cheloniformis is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 72.2–66.0 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling. Fossils have been recovered from Omnogov, Mongolia. It was named by Maleev 1954. The species is represented by 2 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~8%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 2 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Therizinosaurus cheloniformis sits in deep time
Therizinosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Therizinosaurus cheloniformis's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.