An illustration shows what Duonychus tsogtbaatari might have looked like. Unlike its therizinosaur brethren, the new species had only two claws instead of three. When Hokkaido University ...

The creatures, which resembled bizarre pandas, used the appendages for foraging.

Most therizinosaurs have three clawed fingers. “It is a didactyl therizinosaur, possessing only two manual digits,” the researchers wrote in the study paper. This discovery provides insight ...

The teeth we analysed include what are currently the only troodontid and therizinosaur fossils ever recorded from the UK and are the oldest evidence of these dinosaurs anywhere in the world.' The ...

This new genus and species is a therizinosaur, plant-eating, two-legged giants with long claws, and was discovered buried in the Gobi Desert, according to a new study published Tuesday (March 25 ...

This marks the first known instance of such a sheath found in a Therizinosaur. Weighing an estimated 260 kilograms, Duonychus tsogtbaatari was a medium-sized, bipedal dinosaur. Researchers believe ...

A restoration of the therizinosaur Nothronychus. Art by Nobu Tamura, altered by ArthurWeasley. Image from Wikipedia. “Therizinosaur” isn’t a household name. This group of feathery dinosaurs ...

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Fossils of Duonychus unearthed in Gobi Desert of Mongolia It had two fingers on each hand, with large curved claws It is a member of the therizinosaur dinosaur group March 25 (Reuters ...

With foot-long claws, Duonychus, a newly discovered species of therizinosaur, looks like one of the terrifying stars of the “Jurassic World” film franchise. But despite its ferocious ...