Projektnummer

0054436

Zusammenfassung

Therizinosaurs are an enigmatic clade of theropod dinosaurs, found in Cretaceous deposits in Asia and North America. They possess an unusual suite of characters including an elongated neck, wide pelvis and long arms, tipped with sickle-shaped claws that were lined with primitive feathers. Their blunt leaf-shaped teeth suggest a diet of plants, rather than meat. Furthermore,their wide pelvic regions may have supported a large, fermenting gut, and the sickle claws may have been utilized for cropping vegetation, rather than predation. The aim of this project is to conduct an analysis of t...