Genus
Valid Extinct

Paralitherizinosaurus

Kobayashi et al. 2022

Paralitherizinosaurus is an extinct genus of therizinosaurid theropod dinosaurs from the Late Cretaceous Osoushinai Formation of Hokkaido, Japan. The genus contains a single species, Paralitherizinosaurus japonicus, known from a partial right hand and cervical vertebra. Paralitherizinosaurus represents the youngest therizinosaur known from Japan.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling Terrestrial
Paralitherizinosaurus
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Manual unguals and silhouette of Paralitherizinosaurus japonicus, showing recovered skeletal elements in white (Courtesy of Genya Masukawa). © Genya Masukawa · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Theropoda Unranked clade
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Neotheropoda Unranked clade
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Averostra Unranked clade
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Tetanurae Unranked clade
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Coelurosauria Unranked clade
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Maniraptoriformes Unranked clade
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Therizinosauria Unranked clade
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Therizinosauroidea Superfamily
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Therizinosauridae Family
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Paralitherizinosaurus Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇯🇵 Japan
1
Geological formations
Osoushinai
1
Temporal distribution
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Paralitherizinosaurus japonicus 84 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
Y. Kobayashi, R. Takasaki, and A. R. Fiorillo, T. Chinzorig, Y. Hikida. 2022. New therizinosaurid dinosaur from the marine Osoushinai Formation (Upper Cretaceous, Japan) provides insight for function and evolution of therizinosaur claws. Scientific Reports 12:7207:1-12 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
Y. Kobayashi, R. Takasaki, and A. R. Fiorillo, T. Chinzorig, Y. Hikida. 2022. New therizinosaurid dinosaur from the marine Osoushinai Formation (Upper Cretaceous, Japan) provides insight for function and evolution of therizinosaur claws. Scientific Reports 12:7207:1-12 DOI ↗