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**Adam Khor** · 24-06-2012, 21:33

Only the abstract I'm afraid:

http://palaios.ku.edu/27/6/fiorillo.pdf

But this opens so many possibilities.

For starters it means therizinosaurs probably returned to what would today be North America at the end of the Cretaceous. The track was found in Denali National Park, where the tracks of Albertosaurus, hadrosaurs and troodonts have been found as well. I wonder if any of these North American therizinosaurs made it to the south. Who knows! Maybe we'll find a Therizinosaur in Hell Creek one day!

PS- If this creature was living in Alaska, it probably had a thick feather/dino-fuzz coat. Interesting if we consider Beipiaosaurus from the early Cretaceous was also seemingly well adapted to cold climate. :>

**Galvasean** · 25-06-2012, 14:47

Gotta love therizinosaurs, big friggin' sloth bear monsters!

Manach · 25-06-2012, 16:44

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Originally Posted by Galvasean

big friggin' sloth bear monsters!

That should be name of the latest summer-block buster movie

**Adam Khor** · 25-06-2012, 21:21

More dino tracks from Alaska: http://newsminer.com/view/full_story...tures_bullets1

24-06-2012, 21:33	#1
Adam Khor Moderator Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 2,562 Adverts \| Friends Mod: Palaeontology, Zoology	Therizinosaur track found in Alaska Only the abstract I'm afraid: http://palaios.ku.edu/27/6/fiorillo.pdf But this opens so many possibilities. For starters it means therizinosaurs probably returned to what would today be North America at the end of the Cretaceous. The track was found in Denali National Park, where the tracks of Albertosaurus, hadrosaurs and troodonts have been found as well. I wonder if any of these North American therizinosaurs made it to the south. Who knows! Maybe we'll find a Therizinosaur in Hell Creek one day! PS- If this creature was living in Alaska, it probably had a thick feather/dino-fuzz coat. Interesting if we consider Beipiaosaurus from the early Cretaceous was also seemingly well adapted to cold climate. :>

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Galvasean Moderator Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Hell's Creek Posts: 32,248 Adverts \| Friends Mod: Palaeontology, Transformers	Gotta love therizinosaurs, big friggin' sloth bear monsters!

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Adam Khor Moderator Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 2,562 Adverts \| Friends Mod: Palaeontology, Zoology	More dino tracks from Alaska: http://newsminer.com/view/full_story...tures_bullets1