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14/06/22 07:16 AM IST

New Dinosaur Species

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  • Researchers from Japan's Hokkaido University and the Southern Methodist University in the US have confirmed finding the fossil of a new dinosaur species that roamed around Asia from the early to the late Cretaceous period- approximately 145 million to 66 million years ago.
Paralitherizinosaurus japonicus
  • Belonging to the group Therizinosaurs, the newly found fossilised claw has been associated with the species named Paralitherizinosaurus japonicus.
  • The Therizinosaurs were first discovered in Asia as the fossil records in countries such as China and Mongolia are rich in their fossils. Fragments of their remains have also been reported from Japan.
  • One of the most intriguing features of the dinosaur was its vicious claws which had knives for fingers. 
  • Therizinosaurs were a large group of dinosaurs that had hollow bones and three-toed limbs and were primarily herbivores.
  • The fossil was first discovered in 2008 in the Osoushinai Formation, which is a fossil-rich geological feature in Hokkaido's Nakagawa.
Source- PIB 

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