Therizinosaurus cheloniformis
“ Report news, the dragon with long claws on its hands became murderer against the couple and, help me!! ”
– unknown author
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Superfamily: †Therizinosauroidea
Family: †Therizinosauridae
Genus: †Therizinosaurus
Species: †Therizinosaurus cheloniformis
Descendant: Therizinosaurid
Described by: Evgeny Maleev
Year Described: 1954
Size: 10-12 meters (33-40 feet); 3-6 tons in weight
Lifespan: 90+ years
Activity: Diurnal 🌅
Thermoregulate: Endotherm
Type(s): Reptiles (†Therizinosaurids)
Title(s):
Scythe Chicken
Delicious Sword Hands
Pantheon(s):
Terran/Gaian 🇺🇳
Mongolian 🇲🇳
Chinese 🇨🇳
Time Period: Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian), ~70 Ma
Alignment: Neutral
Threat Level: ★★★★★★★
Diet: Herbivorous 🌿🌱
Element(s): none
Inflict(s): Bleeding 🩸
Weakness(es): Fire 🔥, Water 🌊, Rock 🪨, Air 🌬️, Electric ⚡, Leaf 🌿, Ice ❄️, Metal 🔩, Dark 🌑, Light 🔆, Arcane ✨, Fae 🧚
Casualties: ???
Based On: itself
Conservation Status:
Earth (Late Cretaceous): Not Evaluated (NE) – IUCN Red List
Earth (Paleocene–Holocene): Extinct (EX) – IUCN Red List (via Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event)
Berbania/Hirawhassa: Extinct in the Wild (EW) – IUCN Red List
Reinachos/Ityosel: Endangered (EN) – IUCN Red List
The Selenkhumsa (Therizinosaurus cheloniformis) is the extinct species of dinosaur found elsewhere in Mongolia and China. It is largest known therizinosaurid by this size. It was one of the last and the largest representative of its unique group, the Therizinosauria.
Therizinosaurus was one of major antagonists and villains introduced in No Way to Seaway, Weather Dragons, Worldcraft, Equation, and Rescris series.
In Greek words, θερίζω (therízo, meaning scythe, reap or cut) and σαῦρος (sauros, meaning lizard) in reference to the enormous manual unguals, and the specific name, cheloniformis, is taken from the Greek χελώνη (chelóni, meaning turtle) for "turtle-formed scythe lizard"
Selenkhumsa (Cyrillic: Сэлэнхумса; Bichig: ᠰᠡᠯᠡᠨᠻᠤᠮᠰᠠ) is the Anglicized word via Mongolian: сэлэм хумс / ᠰᠡᠯᠡᠮ ᠺᠾᠤᠮᠰ (selem khums), which means "sword claws," and it is unofficial common name for this species.
Singular: Selenkhumsa
Plural: Selenkhumsas
The appearance of Therizinosaurus had been a debate until recent decades because of the highly incomplete nature of early finds and a lack of knowledge of the dinosaurs that would come to be categorized later as therizinosauridae. Long neck, short snout, duck-billed like rostrum, Asian-eyed pattern, ear-holes, long hands with three fingers and long claws for slashing, ostrich-legged four toes, less slightly hump like a turtle, and long tail with covered by long fur for protection from cold desert.
Therizinosaurus uses this claws for defense, as an example of convergent evolution with chalicotheriines and other primarily herbivorous mammals, suggesting similar feeding habits. Its arms also were particularly resistant to stress, which suggests a robust use of these limbs. Therizinosaurus was a very tall animal, likely having a reduced competition over the foliage in its habitat and outmatching predators like Tarbosaurus.
The elongated hand claws of Therizinosaurus were more useful when pulling vegetation within reach rather than being used for active attack or defense because of their fragility, however, they may have had some role for intimidation. There isn't sufficient evidence that Therizinosaurus was aquatic. Its large body and claw design indicate that it was not as good of a swimmer as spinosaurids, but it could probably wade in shallow water.
Therizinosaurus is immune to several elements despite being lacking an element of itself. It immunes water, nature, earth, ice, metal, arcane, light and dark elements as make useless. Therizino can't heal well like the T-rex, Triceratops, wyverns, stegosaurus, teratorns, Pelagornis, and even use a shotgun on its chest with fire element as main weakness.
Also, Therizinosaurus seems to have a fear of deep water - even if you are shooting it it won’t enter it. Obviously a crossbow or raft is required if you can’t shoot it from the other side of a lake or pond.
Therizinosaurus was a herbivore that consumed leaves, bushes, and probably fruit. By trimming plants, their high-browser niche—which was comparable to a giraffe at the time—helped shape the vegetation. Large dromaeosaurs (dinosaurs that resemble raptors) and Tarbosaurus, the top predator in the area, are their main dangers. Attackers can be severely hurt or discouraged by those enormous claws.
They laid large, spherical eggs in nests dug into the ground. Fossilized nests of related therizinosaurids are suggest they may have nested in colonies.
Egg-laying (like all dinosaurs)
Likely built nests on land
Possible parental care, inferred from related theropods
Many huge herbivores of the era traveled in small groups for protection, even if there are no vast "bonebeds" that demonstrate Therizinosaurus were gregarious. Therizinosaurus be quite hazardous if it were still living today. Imagine a five-ton goose with three-foot knives in its hands; it was probably very aggressive and readily provoked. There wouldn't be any "friendliness"; instead, it would probably see humans as possible threats that should be swatted.
Like all non-avian dinosaurs, Therizinosaurus perished during the K-Pg Mass Extinction event 66 million years ago following the Chicxulub asteroid impact. Likely causes:
Asteroid impact
Climate collapse
Loss of vegetation
Therizinosaurus was endemic to Mongolia, but migrated over mainland China, Siberia, India, Nepal, and possibly Bangladesh and others at the Cretaceous period. This animal was only known to exist in Mongolia's Gobi Desert. About 70 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous, this dinosaur lived in semi-arid areas with flora, floodplains, and woodlands.
Movement Pattern: Not a Migrant
Individual Type: Solo
Population Trend: Stable
Population:
Earth: 0
Berbania: 5-70
Reinachos: 700-1200
Locomotion: Terrestrial/Amphibious
Habitat: Taiga; Temperate Coniferous Forests; Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests; Temperate Deciduous Forests; Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands; Subtropical Coniferous Forests; Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests; Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests; Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands; Salt Flats; Stone Forest; Tropical Coniferous Forests; Tropical Moist Broadleaf Forests; Tropical Dry Broadleaf Forests; Tropical Grasslands; Tropical Savannas and Shrublands; Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub; Mushroom Forests; Mushroom Fields; Deserts and Xeric Shrublands; Badlands; Flooded Grasslands and Savannas; Swamp; Bayous/Billabongs; Riparian; Wetland; Mangrove Forest; Volcano; Warm Ghost Town; Cold Ghost Town; Ruined Skyscraper.
Earth:
Extinct: Bangladesh; China; Mongolia
The biggest difficulty in taming a Therizinosaurus is the sheer power for which survivors crave them. They're territorial and capable of dealing high damage in a few short blows, meaning certain death for any mount that isn't leveled enough. They also deal damage to humans on the mount and can effortlessly knock out the rider. Naturally the best strategy is to find a tall rock or small cliff to attack from, and it must be steep since this animal can cross a lot of difficult terrain or pillars.
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