Very HardDeinocheirus
Deinocheirus mirificus
DY-noh-KY-rus· “terrible hand”
🕰️ Cretaceous🍽️ omnivore🦴 Deinocheiridae
11 m
Length
5 m
Height
6 t
Weight
One of the strangest dinosaurs of all — a giant, humpbacked, duck-billed ostrich-dinosaur. For 50 years it was known only from its enormous 2.4-metre arms.
When
Late Cretaceous, ~70 million years ago
Found in
Mongolia
Discovered
Halszka Osmólska, 1970
Did you know?
- For half a century it was a mystery known only from two gigantic arms.
- Its arms were about 2.4 metres long — some of the largest of any predator.
- The full skeleton revealed a bizarre humped back and a duck-like bill.
Artwork: TotalDino, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.