Enigmosaurus
Enigmosaurus mongolienis
Pronounced:
ee-Nig-moe-Saw-rus
Diet:
Carnivore(meat-eater)
Name
Means:
"Puzzling Lizard"
Length:
23 feet (7 m)
Height:
10 feet (3 m)
Weight:
1 ton (900 kilos)
Time:
Late Cretaceous - 95 mya
Fossil remains for this Dinosaur have been found in Asia
Enigmosaurus
is part
of the
strange
family
of
dinosaurs
called
therizinosaurs.
The most
noticeable
feature
of these
dinosaurs
is their
very
long
hand
claws
-some
grew
close to
three
feet (1
m) long!
For a
few
years
scientists
were
very
puzzled
by this
family
of
dinosaurs
which
had been
found
only in
Asia. In
1999 the
first
North
American
therizinosaur
was
discovered
in New
Mexico
and in
2001
another
was
found in
Utah.
Members
of this
family
of
dinosaurs
are
believed
to have
had
feathers.
Based on the minimal
material found for
Enigmosaurus, which consists
of a partial pelvis, it has
been suggested that
Enigmosaurus and
Erlikosaurus are
the same animal. It is
believed to have been a more
evolutionarily advanced
therizinosaur than
Beipiaosaurus. |
