An illustration shows what Duonychus tsogtbaatari might have looked like. Unlike its therizinosaur brethren, the new species ...

Scientists found this therizinosaur had only two fingers on each hand, with 30-centimeter claws used to grasp branches and feed on leaves.

Known as the Bayanshiree Formation, this area is a hotspot for dinosaur fossils, thanks to its arid conditions and layers of lithified mud, clay, and sand. It's turned up giant footprints, plane-sized ...

The dinosaur, named Duonychus tsogtbaatari, measured about 10 feet (3 meters) long, weighed approximately 575 pounds (260 kg) and lived roughly 90 to 95 million years ago during the Cretaceous ...

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Fossils unearthed during construction of a water pipeline in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia have revealed one of the oddest ...

A dinosaur fossil discovered in Mongolia boasts the largest ever complete claw, but the herbivorous species only used it to grasp vegetation ...

The dinosaur has been given the scientific name Duonychus tsogtbaatari, in honor of Mongolian paleontologist Khishigjav Tsogtbaatar. The genus name Duonychus means two claws in Greek.Duonychus ...