Dinosaur
Segnosaurus
Its anatomy is related to browsing: long neck and arms, beak and great digestive capacity.
Segnosaurus had a combination of neck, arms, beak and body related to obtaining food from plants.
Three stages. One companion.
Game artwork
AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.
Segnosaurus 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
- Mongolia, Gobi Desert
- Places where fossils have been found
Beyond the game
The real Segnosaurus
The specimens preserve jaws, vertebrae, the pelvis and limb bones. In 1979, this material helped scientists recognize another member of Mongolia’s therizinosaurid family.
Its anatomy is related to browsing: long neck and arms, beak and great digestive capacity. This way of feeding on leaves and shoots is called browsing. The preserved jaws, pelvis and limbs allow us to study how these characteristics fit together.
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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- Segnosaurus galbinensis
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- Segnosaurus
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- Therizinosauridae
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- Living birds
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