Paralitherizinosaurus japonicus:
A new study has revealed that it roamed around the shores of Asia between 66 million and 145 million years ago (Cretaceous period).
- It is a bipedal dinosaur.
- A new study has revealed that it roamed around the shores of Asia between 66 million and 145 million years ago (Cretaceous period).
- It was identified from the fossilised remains unearthed on Hokkaido, the northern island of Japan. The fossil is the first to be found in Asia in marine sediments.
- The dinosaur belonged to a group known as Therizinosaurs – bipedal and primarily herbivorous three-toed dinosaurs.
- The most remarkable aspect of this species is that it had sword-like claws.
