Therizinosaurus was a herbivore despite it being a member of the theropod clan that consisted mainly of carnivorous dinosaurs. Also, it could probably hook branches down with its great claws, or use them to strip bark off the tree trunks. Therizinosaurus used its long neck to reach higher branches in trees, where it would nibble leaves with its small, beak-like mouth. In fact, when they were first discovered, they were thought to be ribs of a giant tortoise, and were recognized as claws only later. long and were the biggest known claws of any animal after the less-known Deinocheirus.
Over 10 meters long and 4.6 meters high, and weighing up to 4 tons, Therizinosaurus lived in Mongolia, Asia.The claws that Therizinosaurus possesed could be as long as 70 cm.-1 m. Therizinosaurus was one of the last and largest representatives of its unique group, the Therizinosauria. Therizinosaurus was a species of theropod dinosaurs that lived during the Late Cretaceous Period, around 75 million years ago.
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