Very HardBeipiaosaurus
Beipiaosaurus inexpectus
BAY-pee-ow-SORE-us· “Beipiao lizard”
🦕 Dinosaur🕰️ Cretaceous🌿 herbivore🦴 Therizinosauria
2.2 m
Length
1 m
Height
60 kg
Weight
An early therizinosaur from the feathered Jehol fauna of China, covered in shaggy down and long, stiff display feathers. A big-clawed plant-eater, it shows just how bird-like these odd dinosaurs were.
When
Early Cretaceous, ~125 million years ago
Found in
China
Discovered
Xu Xing, 1999
Did you know?
- Clothed in downy feathers plus long, stiff filaments for display.
- An early, small relative of the giant-clawed Therizinosaurus.
- From China's Jehol Biota, famed for feathered dinosaurs.
Artwork: PaleoNeolitic, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0.