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Beipiaosaurus
Temporal range: Lower Cretaceous
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Restoration of Beipiaosaurus sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Class:
Sauropsida
Superorder:
Dinosauria
Order:
Saurischia
Suborder:
Theropoda
Superfamily:
Therizinosauroidea
Genus:
Beipiaosaurus

Xu, Tang & Wang, 1999

Beipiaosaurus is a therizinosaur theropod dinosaur. It lived in the Lower Cretaceous, about 125 million years ago. Its fossil was found in the Yixian Formation near Beipiao, Liaoning Province of China. The theroziosaurs were a group of theropods which became herbivorous. Beipiaosaurus had a toothless beak, cheek teeth, and protofeathers.

Images for kids

  • Beipiaosaurus skeletal Headden

    Skeletal composite of IVPP V11559 and STM 31-1

  • Beipiaosaurus size

    Size comparison between an average individual and a 1.8 m tall human

  • Beipiaosaurus-Paleozoological Museum of China

    Feather impressions on the left arm from the holotype on display at the Paleozoological Museum of China

  • Beipiaosaurus Restoration

    Life restoration

  • Therizinosauroids illium comparison

    Schematic comparison of the ilium of Beipiaosaurus (in B) and other related therizinosaurs

  • Soft tissues in maniraptorans

    Phosphatised soft tissues in non-avian maniraptoran dinosaurs and a basal bird. Beipiaosaurus in b and g

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