Talk:Nothronychus

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'Toothless beak' and 'small mouth with leaf shaped teeth' ??? As far as I know, no theropods ever developed into fully fledged veggies. I'm not an expert so have not edited the text, but it needs looking at. 86.8.136.217 22:38, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

Actually (I don't have the refs on-hand, but it's discussed in the second edition of The Dinosauria), paleontologists are pretty comfortable with the idea of therizinosaurs as herbivores. J. Spencer 22:43, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
If someone could post or point to an image of the actual remains that may help. A google image search finds two rather different interpretations...86.8.136.217 22:51, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
Here's close cousin Erlikosaurus J. Spencer 23:02, 4 February 2007 (UTC)