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Dinosaurs' Answer To Wolverine
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16-07-2009 9:11pm#1I am delighted to report a new species of Nothronychus (one of my favourite dinosaurs) has been found. One could describe it as the awkward cousin of Velociraptor and T.rex. It was 13 feet tall and had foot long claws.In addition to its imposing claws—a therizinosaur trademark—the newfound dinosaur had a less-than-fearsome potbelly, a birdlike beak, stumpy legs, and a short tail
Full article here.
There is also an abstarct from the actual paper here.
Photograph by Rob Gaston2
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Blargh! I'd just spotted and was going to post it too.
He looks absolutely bizarre and tbh, downright wrong, especially given that he's supposedly a herbivore. Wouldn't be the first time someone put a skeleton together wrong though.
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star-pants wrote: »How odd ... pot belly... *bgrh* style?
Hmm, don't suppose they need a mascot do they?star-pants wrote: »he kinda looks like he'd amble up behind you and rip your stomach open spilling your guts to the world
I doubt it. Best evidence suggests they were peaceful plant eaters. I'd say the claws were used for self defence and/or possibly pulling down leaves from branches.mysterious wrote: »How intellegent were they.
Judging by their skulls, the therizinosaurs don't appear to be particularly intelligent dinosaurs. They most likely would have been less intelligent than the majority of carnivorous dinosaurs.mysterious wrote:I hope they show the fossils of the dinosaurs that are classified;)
Careful now. I won't stand for this thread being derailed.He looks absolutely bizarre and tbh, downright wrong, especially given that he's supposedly a herbivore. Wouldn't be the first time someone put a skeleton together wrong though.
Well, a few therizinosaurs have been found so far and they're all pretty mad looking.
Beipiaosaurus,
Falcarias.
Therizinosaurus,
Abstract link seems dead btw.
Working fine for me. Anyone else experiencing problems?0 -
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star-pants wrote: »I guess the claws might be used for stripping branches?
Check out from 4:00 in (and keep watching, it's awesome)
edit: embedding disabled, here's a link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYRU-dYcGDw0 -
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Big claws, bad ass and like Wolverine in the thread title it's a mammal.
Of course being elephant sized and having giant claws won't really help if you are up against humans
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