Alxasaurus (Alxa Lizard) is a genus of Therizinosaur that lived in the Late Cretaceous period in Asia.
History of discovery[]
In 1988 paleontologists Dale Russell and Dong Zhiming found fossilized remains. In 1993 described a paper about them but this didn’t pass until the following year.
The fossils consist of one individual and it was found in the Bayin Gobi Formation.
Like other therizinosaurs it was a large bipedal herbivore using its big claws to take down branches.
Classification[]
Alxasaurus is a member of the Therizinosauridae. It’s discovery shows that Therizinosaurs were parts of the theropod group