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Paralitherizinosaurus
Genus of therizinosaurid dinosaurs / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Paralitherizinosaurus is an extinct genus of therizinosaurid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Osoushinai Formation of Hokkaido, Japan. The genus contains a single species, P. japonicus, known from a partial right hand and cervical vertebra. Paralitherizinosaurus represents the youngest therizinosaur known from Japan.[1]
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | Theropoda |
Family: | †Therizinosauridae |
Genus: | †Paralitherizinosaurus Kobayashi et al., 2022 |
Species: | †P. japonicus |
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†Paralitherizinosaurus japonicus Kobayashi et al., 2022 | |
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