Dinosaur
Nothronychus
It had feet with four toes facing forward and large arms with claws.
Nothronychus extended the known range of therizinosaurs to North America.
Three stages. One companion.
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Nothronychus 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
- Therizinosauridae
- Therizinosaurids
- Fossil locations
- New Mexico, Utah
- Places where fossils have been found
Beyond the game
The real Nothronychus
Two North American species, described in 2001 and 2009, are recognized. These discoveries extended knowledge of the distinctive therizinosaurids beyond Asia.
Its feet had four forward-pointing toes, and its large arms carried claws. This distinctive build shows how theropods included animals very different from the most famous predators.
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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