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| Rank | species (PBDB) |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Avetheropoda : Therizinosauridae : Nothronychus : Nothronychus mckinleyi |
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Classification
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Nothronychus mckinleyi | species | belongs to Nothronychus | stated without evidence | Kirkland and Wolfe, 2001 | | Nothronychus mckinleyi | species | belongs to Nothronychus | stated with evidence | Clark et al., 2004 | | Nothronychus mckinleyi | species | belongs to Nothronychus | stated without evidence | Kirkland et al., 2005 | | Nothronychus mckinleyi | species | belongs to Nothronychus | stated with evidence | Zanno et al., 2009 | | Nothronychus mckinleyi | species | belongs to Nothronychus | stated without evidence | Zanno, 2010 | | Nothronychus mckinleyi | species | belongs to Nothronychus | stated with evidence | Pu et al., 2013 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 93.5 - 89.3 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous |
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| Last Recorded Appearance | 93.5 - 89.3 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous |
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| Environment | terrestrial (based on Therizinosauroidea) |
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| Motility | actively mobile (based on Theropoda) |
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| Diet | herbivore (based on Therizinosauroidea) |
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| Reproduction | oviparous (based on Therizinosauroidea) |
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| Ontogeny | accretion,modification of parts (based on Theropoda) |
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| Taphonomy | hydroxylapatite,compact or dense (based on Theropoda) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. I. Kirkland and D. G. Wolfe. 2001. First definitive therizinosaurid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from North America. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 21(3):410-414 |
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| Kirkland J. I., Wolfe D. G. (2001) First definitive therizinosaurid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from North America, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 21 3, 410-414 |
| Rauhut O. W. M. (2003) The interrelationships and evolution of basal theropod dinosaurs, Special Papers in Palaeontology 69, 1-213 |
| Clark J. M., Maryanska T., et al (2004) Therizinosauroidea, The Dinosauria (second edition). University of California Press, Berkeley, 151-164 |
| Li D., Peng C., et al (2007) A large therizinosauroid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Early Cretaceous of northwestern China, Acta Geologica Sinica 81 4, 539-549 |
| Zanno L. E., Gillette D. D., et al (2009) A new North American therizinosaurid and the role of herbivory in 'predatory' dinosaur evolution, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences doi:10.1098/rspb.2009.1029 |
| Qian M.-p., Zhang Z.-y., et al (2012) [Cretaceous therizinosaurs in Zhejiang of eastern China], Journal of Geology 36 4, 337-348 doi:10.3969/j.issn.1764-3636.2012.04.337 |
| Pu H., Kobayashi Y., et al (2013) An unusual basal therizinosaur with an ornithischian dental arrangement from northeastern China, PLoS ONE 8 5, e63423 |
Nothronychus mckinleyi ✝
