218: PNSO Therizinosaurus Review

𝗔𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗺 𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗱𝘆 Thanks to a few viewer comments (thank you 六小鱼, Jai’sOnFire, and others I have undoubtedly missed) I realise I should have been a lot clearer in my statement. The idea I should have conveyed was that the 𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦/𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘵 therizinosaurids were probably plantigrade, not 𝘢𝘭𝘭 therizinosaurs as such. As pointed out to me, there have been reports of possibly therizinosaur footprints that show a digitigrade mode of locomotion. Most specifically, Fiorillo et al 2012. In that paper the average footprints were about 21cm and they though Erlikosaurus was a possible suitor. The Sennikov 2021 paper states Macropodosaurus as being about 50cm. Therizinosaurus is clearly a lot lar