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The Ever-Evolving Therizinosaurus
Explores the history of discoveries and evolving scientific understanding surrounding the dinosaur Therizinosaurus. It explains how the initial 1954 fossil discovery—consisting only of massive claws—led Soviet researcher Evgeny Maleev to misclassify the creature as a “turtle-like reaper lizard,” resulting in early, inaccurate depictions that combined features of turtles and sloths. Subsequent findings of related species such as Segnosaurus, Erlikosaurus, and Alxasaurus later confirmed that Therizinosaurus was actually a theropod, belonging to the Therizinosauridae family. The text also highlights how portrayals of this dinosaur have changed over time in popular culture, from monstrous or predatory interpretations in earlier media to more accurate, feathered, and herbivorous representations in modern reconstructions.
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You can listen and download our episodes for free on more than 10 different platforms:
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Produced by:
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By Wild WondersExplores the history of discoveries and evolving scientific understanding surrounding the dinosaur Therizinosaurus. It explains how the initial 1954 fossil discovery—consisting only of massive claws—led Soviet researcher Evgeny Maleev to misclassify the creature as a “turtle-like reaper lizard,” resulting in early, inaccurate depictions that combined features of turtles and sloths. Subsequent findings of related species such as Segnosaurus, Erlikosaurus, and Alxasaurus later confirmed that Therizinosaurus was actually a theropod, belonging to the Therizinosauridae family. The text also highlights how portrayals of this dinosaur have changed over time in popular culture, from monstrous or predatory interpretations in earlier media to more accurate, feathered, and herbivorous representations in modern reconstructions.
You can listen and download our episodes for free on more than 10 different platforms:
https://linktr.ee/wild_wonders1
Produced by:
https://www.podcaistudio.com/
You can listen and download our episodes for free on more than 10 different platforms:
https://linktr.ee/wild_wonders1
Produced by:
https://www.podcaistudio.com/