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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