Therizinosauridae

† Therizinosauridae is the family of large therizinosaur theropods including Therizinosaurus, from Cretaceous deposits of Kazakhstan. These were enormous slow-moving herbivores with the longest known claws of any animal, exceeding one meter in length.

Diet & Feeding

Herbivore

Therizinosauridae 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 Late Mesozoic Era

Therizinosauridae lived during the Cretaceous Late period of the Mesozoic Era, approximately 100,5 to 66,0 million years ago.

A era final dos dinossauros, com espécies icônicas como Tyrannosaurus rex, Triceratops e Velociraptor. Os dinossauros atingiram sua máxima diversidade antes do impacto catastrófico do asteroide na cratera de Chicxulub encerrar a Era Mesozoica.