Alxasaurus
"Alxa Desert lizard"
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CLASSIFICATION

Alxasaurus D. A. Russell & Dong, 1995
    TYPE SPECIES:
  • A. elesitaiensis D. A. Russell & Dong, 1995
Animalia
Vertebrata
Tetrapoda
Sauropsida
Archosauromorpha
Ornithodira
Dinosauria
Theropoda
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria
Therizinosauria

see also: Genus Index, Classification


MEASUREMENTS

LENGTH: 3.5 m to 4 m MASS: 350 kg to 400 kg

see also: World Records


TIME

Albian

see also: Ages of the Mesozoic


PLACE

Mongolia

see also: Paleo-Maps


REMAINS

see also: Anatomy


ESSAY

Alxasaurus was the most primitive therizinosauroid. Many claim that it is more similar to "normal" theropods than other therizinosauroids are.


IMAGES

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DANIEL BENSEN

Digital (Two-Dimensional), Paint

[THUMBNAIL] 3 Alxasaurus elesitaiensis

DARREN NAISH

Ink

[THUMBNAIL] a profile of the primitive therizinosauroid Alxasaurus elesitaiensis (This animal very likely had feathery integument.)

SHIRAISHI MINEO

Digital (Two-Dimensional)

[THUMBNAIL] bizarre Alxasaurus elesitaiensis (This animal very likely had feathery integument.)

PETER BUCHHOLZ

Pencil

[THUMBNAIL] Nei Mongol theropods: An Alxasaurus elesitaiensis flees two Sinornithoides youngi.

T. MICHAEL KEESEY

Pencil, Digital (Two-Dimensional)

[THUMBNAIL] Alxasaurus elesitaiensis in defensive posture

DANIEL BENSEN

Digital (Two-Dimensional), Paint

[THUMBNAIL] Field Guide to the Therizinosauria
I.    Beipiaosaurus inexpectus
II.   Enigmosaurus mongoliensis
III.  "Chilantaisaurus" zheziangensis (based on other Therizinosauria) 
IV.   Alxasaurus elesitaiensis
V.    Erlikosaurus andrewsi
VI.   Segnosaurus galbinensis
VII.  Nanshiungosaurus brevispinus (based on other Therizinosauria) 
VIII. "Nanshiungosaurus" bohlini (based on other Therizinosauria) 
IX.   Therizinosaurus cheloniformis
  

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