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Meet the Zoo's Dinosaurs

Dinosaurs Main > Therizinosaurus
Therizinosaurus

What's in a Name? Name means "scythe lizard"

Description: An insectivore, this extremely tall dinosaur had eight-foot long arms with enormous sickle claws that were used to rip open insect nests.

Diet: Insectivore

Lived during: Late Cretaceous Period about 76 to 65 million years ago

Lived in: Asia