Suzhousaurus megatherioides

† Suzhousaurus megatherioides is an Early Cretaceous therizinosauroid from Gansu Province, China, one of the earliest large therizinosaurs. Its name refers to the superficial resemblance of its robust limbs to the giant ground sloth Megatherium.

Diet & Feeding

Herbivore

Suzhousaurus megatherioides was a plant-eating dinosaur. Herbivores typically fed on ferns, cycads, conifers, and other vegetation available during their era. Many herbivorous dinosaurs developed specialized teeth and digestive systems for processing tough plant material.

Time Period

Cretaceous Early Mesozoic Era

Suzhousaurus megatherioides lived during the Cretaceous Early period of the Mesozoic Era, approximately 145.0 to 100.5 million years ago.

The Cretaceous saw continued dinosaur evolution with the rise of ornithopods and early ceratopsians. Flowering plants first appeared and began to transform terrestrial ecosystems. Spinosaurus and other large theropods lived during this time.