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Image: Therizinosaurus claw
Description
Therizinosaurus claw
- Photographer:
- Robert Jones
- Rights:
- © Australian Museum
Additional information
This impressive hand claw looks savage but was possibly used for stripping vegetation, or ripping open termite mounds like echidnas and gonas do today. Therizinosaurus probably had a large heavy build which suggest it was quite slow, and beak with small teeth.
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