Alxasaurus
Alxasaurus elesitaiensis
Pronounced:
Alx - ah - Saw - rus
Diet:
Carnivore (Meat-Eater)
Name Means:
"Alxa Desert Lizard"
Length:
13 feet (4m)
Height: 6
feet (2 m)
Weight:
850 pounds (400 kilos)
Time:
Early Cretaceous - 112 MYA
Fossil remains for this Dinosaur have been found in
China
This dinosaur is
the most complete
theropod ever found
in Asia. It was one
of the first of a
group of dinosaurs
known as
therizinosaurs,
which are known for
having really long
claws on their
hands. It had a
small head for a
meat-eating
dinosaur, and
although it lived in
the last part of the
Mesozoic Era, it had
some features
similar to much
earlier dinosaurs.
Alxasaurus is considered by some
scientists to be a transitional species from
the more traditional looking theropods to
the therizinosaurs that were common in Asia
during the Cretaceous. It had a shortened
tail, long neck, and small skull, resembling
in many ways the look of the much earlier
prosauropods. Several prominent scientists
have suggested that Alxasaurus is the most
complete specimen of what was once referred
to as segnosaurs. |
