Segnosaurus
| Segnosaurus Temporal range: Upper Cretaceous
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| Genus: | Segnosaurus
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Segnosaurus (meaning "slow lizard") was a herbivorous theropod dinosaur that lived during the late Upper Cretaceous, about 93 million years ago.[1] 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.[2]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Paul G.S. 2010. The Princeton field guide to dinosaurs. Princeton University Press, p59.