Re: New Therizinosaurus?

["Mickey Mortimer" <Mickey_Mortimer11@msn.com>]

Thomas Hammann wrote-

> just came back on the list. Some days ago, I've heard that there was found
a new
> species of Therizinosaurus. If it is true, is there somebody out there who
knows
> more about that?

Well, since no one seems to have answered this.....
You're probably thinking about the new therizinosauroid, "Nothronychus"-

"Nothronychus" Kirkland and Wolfe 2001
"N. mckinleyi" Kirkland and Wolf 2001
mid Turonian, Late Cretaceous
Moreno Hill Formation, New Mexico, US
Holotype- (MSM P2106) incomplete skeleton including cervical vertebra,
pectoral elements, forelimb elements, ischia
Description- distal shaft longer and obturator process larger than
Segnosaurus.
Holtz pers. comm. 2001- In some ways it is primitive relative to the Late
Cretaceous Asian forms, but is closer to these than are Beipiaosaurus and
Alxasaurus.
Comments- The ischium was originally identified as a Zuniceratops squamosal.

Mickey Mortimer