Unexpected Beipiao-Lizard
Beipiaosaurus inexpectus
(Xu, Tang & Wang, 1999)
Beipiaosaurus inexpectus is a rather
small and primitve therizinosaur. Like its kin, it is covered with
feathers, but it has only the beginnings of the prodigious pot-belly of the
more advanced therizinosaurs. Also, B. inexpectus has only
three large toes and a reduced hallux (forth toe) that, in other
therizinosaurs, supports weight as well ( Keesey ).
Other sites containing pertinent information:
- T. Mike Keesey's Beipiaosaurus
page.
- New
feathered dinosaur found by Jeff Poling
- Luis Ray's painting (includes
several Beipiaosaurus)
- Øyvind M. Padron's
Beipiaosaurus (skeletal reconstruction)
- "More Feathered Wonders from Liaoning" by Tracy Lee Ford, an article on
pages 18-20 of the October/November edition of the Pre-Historic Times.
© Daniel Bensen 2001
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