It had a large stomach in order to digest all this tough vegetable matter, giving its belly a characteristic swollen appearance. Therizinosaurus roamed the conifer forests on the edges of the desert, using its long neck to stretch for leaves growing on tall trees. But unlike other theropods, Therizinosaurus was a vegetarian, a quality which also accounts for its strange appearance.
This animal was part of a group of dinosaurs called theropods, making it a distant relative of ferocious meat-eaters like Tyrannosaurus and Velociraptor. This creature was the proud owner of the largest claws of all time, which measured around 70 centimetres in length. But none were more astonishingly bizarre than Therizinosaurus. Seventy-five million years ago, the Mongolian desert was home to dinosaurs of all shapes and sizes. The giant claw - the Mongolian desert of the Late Cretaceous You are here: BBC > Science & Nature > Prehistoric Life > Age of the Dinosaurs > Rise and Fall.
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