Segnosaurus

Segnosaurus
Temporal range: Upper Cretaceous
Segnosaurus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Class:
Sauropsida
Superorder:
Dinosauria
Order:
Saurischia
Suborder:
Theropoda
Family:
Therizinosauridae
Genus:
Segnosaurus

Segnosaurus (meaning "slow lizard") was a herbivorous theropod dinosaur that lived during the late Upper Cretaceous, about 93 million years ago. It was a rather large Therizinosaur. This is a family of theropods which were herbivores. They changed from the usual carnivorous lifestyle of their ancestors.

Four partial skeletons of Segnosaurus have been found in Mongolia. It had a long flexible neck, long head, three-toed feet, a broad strong pelvis, stocky legs with clawed fingers and toes, and a short tail. In 2010 Gregory Paul estimated the body length at six metres, the weight at 1.3 tonnes.

References

  1. ↑ Perle, A. (1979). "Segnosauridae - novoe semeistvo teropod is posdnego mela Mongolii" (PDF). Trudy - Sovmestnaya Sovetsko-Mongol'skaya Paleontologicheskaya Ekspeditsiya. 8: 45–55. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-11-28. Retrieved 2019-02-02.
  2. ↑ Paul G.S. 2010. The Princeton field guide to dinosaurs. Princeton University Press, p59.