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Re: Therizinosaur Feeding





Jaime Headden wrote:

HERBIVORY

  [snip] This is by far the best
explained diet proposed for segnosaurs, supported by
most of the examiners of these animals. (see Barsbold
and Osmolska, 1990; Maryanska, 1997; Barsbold and
Maryanksa, 1990; etc..)

Russell and Russell (1993) suggest a chalicothere-analog for _Therizinosaurus_. Like _Chalicotherium_ (a horse & rhino relative from the Tertiary), the long arms and claws of _Therizinosaurus_ may have been used for pull down large tree branches to bring the leaves within reach of the mouth. They picture Therizinosaurus as a short-tailed prosauropod-like herbivore, with extremely long forelimbs and fingers, perhaps sitting down during feeding.



Tim

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