And today’s topic which is sure to start an argument is…Are there three different species of Falcarius within the Yellow Cat Member of the Cedar Mountain Formation? The basal therizinosaur Falcarius utahensis, which was officially named and described in 2005… Read More ›
Falcarius
Martharaptor
Martharaptor was a therizinosaur theropod dinosaur which lived in Utah during the early Cretaceous Period approximately 135-132 million years ago. Therizinosaurs are known mostly from the middle and later parts of the Cretaceous Period. Fossils dating to the early Cretaceous… Read More ›
Falcarius
Falcarius was a 12 foot long theropod dinosaur which lived in Utah during the early Cretaceous Period, approximately 139 to 136 million years ago. It was a very primitive therizinosaur – so primitive that it still bears a close resemblance… Read More ›
Evidence of Therizinosaurs in North America during the Late Cretaceous Period
Introduction For many years, paleontologists have known about the presence of therizinosaurs (formerly classified as segnosaurs) in Asia, especially within what’s now Mongolia and China. However, Asia and North America were linked during a considerable portion of the Cretaceous Period,… Read More ›
DINOSAURS AND BARBARIANS 