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| NAME: | Meaning - Nothronychus means "Slothful claw"" Pronounced - no-thron-EYE-kus Named By - James I. Kirkland and Douglas G. Wolfe When Named - 2001 |
| DIET: | Herbivore (plant-eater) - this is unusual for a theropod |
| SIZE: | Length - 14.5-19.5 ft (4.5-6 m) long Height - ? Weight - 900 kg |
| WHEN IT LIVED: | Late Cretaceous period, about 90 million years ago |
| WHERE IT LIVED: | Fossils have been found at the Moreno Hill Formation, Haystack Butte in the southern Zuni Basin, Catron County, New Mexico, USA, North America. |
| FOSSILS: | About 40 to 60 percent of a composite skeleton formed from two individuals has been found. |
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Nothronychus was a very strange dinosaur that had 4-inch (10 cm) long curved finger claws similar to those of sloths. This dinosaur walked on two legs. It had long arms, a long neck, a small head, a toothless beak, leaf-shaped cheek teeth, and a short tail. Although no feather imprints or fossils have been found, relatives of Nothronychus did have feathers.
Nothronychus lived in swampy forests. |
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