- Type of dinosaur:
- large theropod
- Length:
- 5.3m
- Diet:
- omnivorous
- When it lived:
- Late Cretaceous, 94-89 million years ago
- Found in:
- USA
A partial skull and postcranium of Nothronychus have been found. This odd dinosaur may even have evolved from a carnivore to a herbivore.
Taxonomic details
- Taxonomy:
- Dinosauria, Saurischia, Theropoda, Therizinosauroidea, Therizinosauridae
- Named by:
- Kirkland and Wolfe (2001)
- Type species:
- mckinleyi
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