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Dinosaur Fossils and Eggs have been discovered all over China. Known localities include Nanxiong of Guangdong, Zigong of Shichuan, Turpan of Xinjiang, Lufeng of Yumnan, Erenhot of Neimenggu, Zhucheng of Shandong, and Jiayin of Heilongjiang. A large amount of dinosaur eggs have also been found in the localities of Xiaxia of Henan and Yunxian of Hubrei. |
| Hadrosaurus |
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The Hadrosaurids were an abundant and varied group found during the late Cretaceous period in China. Generaly, Hadrasaurids lived near water, foraging for foods on land and possibly resting in water. |
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Example of Hardrosaurus Eggs |
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| Segnosaurus or Theropods |
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Therizinosaurus was named for remains from the southern Gobi Desert, which included huge claws measuring up to 28 inches (and that's without the horny sheath that covered them in life!) as well as seven-foot-long arms and some flattened ribs. They were originally thought to be remains of a giant turtle -like creature (hence the specific name T. cheloniformis ).
More remains were found in Kazakhstan, Transbaykalia, and Inner Mongolia in the late 50's, including a partial forelimb, partial hindlimbs, and a tooth. The new discoveries showed that Therizinosaurus was not a turtle at all, but a dinosaur , probably a new kind of theropod . (The ribs of the first specimen may belong to a sauropod .)
Therizinosaurus was kept in its own group for a long time. Only recently have scientists discovered its close relation to the bizarre segnosaurs (now known as therizinosaurs ).
One of the most striking characteristics of Therizinosaurus (apart from the myriad of striking characteristics it shares with other therizinosaurs) is the huge, blade-like claws on the hand. Other therizinosaurs had them, but none as insanely large as those of Therizinosaurus .
Many ideas have been postulated about these claws. It has been suggested that therizinosaurs used them to rip open giant termite nests, like anteaters and aardvark
s. But the idea that an animal of Therizinosaurus ' size (over 30 feet long) could subsist on a diet of insects seems rather unlikely.
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Instead, the claws may be analogous to those of the extinct giant ground sloths and chalicotheres (relatives of horses). Members of both of these groups were quite large in size and bore huge, blade-like claws on their hands. They were both herbivorous, as therizinosaurs probably were. It has been suggested that they used their claws when browsing to bring foliage closer to their mouths. They would also have come in handy as defensive weapons.
The giant ornithomimosaur Deinocheirus is another mysterious theropod known mostly from gigantic arms. Strangely enough, it comes from the same time and place as Therizinosaurus .
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Oviraptor had a crest on its head, grasping hands, and an unusual penchant for being fossilized in interesting positions. The first one was found near what was thought to be the nest of a Protoceratops , presumably intent on snatching an egg. This gave it its name, which means " ceratopsian -loving egg raider".
In fact, analysis of the fetuses inside the eggs have since shown it to be the Oviraptor 's own nest. More recently, another oviraptorid (possibly Oviraptor ) has been found which died in a sandstorm while sitting on a nest of its own brood. These two discoveries show that Oviraptor probably cared for its offspring, as birds and crocodylians do today.
Oviraptor was featured in the book Dinotopia , where it was renamed Ovinutrix ("egg nurse"), since that was its function in the book's utopian society of prehistoric animals and humans. Strangely enough, the name given in the fictional book has turned out to fit the animal better than its actual name. |
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