Dinosaur
Beipiaosaurus
It was the largest dinosaur with evidence of feathers known before the discovery of Yutyrannus.
Beipiaosaurus preserves traces of plumage that allow us to study more than just the shape of its skeleton.
Three stages. One companion.
Game artwork
AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.
Beipiaosaurus at a glance
- Diet
- Mainly herbivorous
- It belonged to a theropod branch that developed adaptations associated with a plant-based diet; being a theropod does not necessarily mean being a hunter.
- When it lived
- Cretaceous
- Group
- Therizinosauroidea
- Therizinosauroids
- Fossil locations
- China
- Places where fossils have been found
Beyond the game
The real Beipiaosaurus
This relatively small therizinosauroid is known from several specimens with feather impressions. They reveal both its body covering and clues to its colors.
It was the largest dinosaur with evidence of feathers known before the discovery of Yutyrannus. The discovery of even larger feathered animals changed its place in size comparisons. Scientific records can change when new fossils appear.
This grouping describes evolutionary relationships. Its members share ancestors; they do not form a chain in which one must turn into another.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
Map references
Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Fossil records: linked collections and publications.Sources & text credits
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- Beipiaosaurus inexpectus
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- Beipiaosaurus
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- Therizinosauroidea
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- Living birds
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