Therizinosaurus
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Therizinosaurus Conservation status: Fossil
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| Therizinosaurus cheloniformis Maleev, 1954 |
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Therizinosaurus was a huge omnivorous theropod dinosaur from the end of the Cretaceous period. It may be a relative to Ornithomimus. They were segnosaurs. Their fossils were first found in the late 1940s in Asia. They were named in 1954 after more bones were found.

