Alberta Palaeo Society<p>New open-access paper! A team including Dr. Darla Zelenitsky (UCalgary) describes Duonychus tsogtbaatari, a bizarre two-fingered therizinosaur from Cretaceous Mongolia. Its huge claws and reduced fingers provide new insight into theropod evolution and forelimb reduction. Exceptional fossil preservation even shows the keratin sheath on the claws! Read more: <a href="https://www.cell.com/iscience/fulltext/S2589-0042(25)00401-8" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cell.com/iscience/fulltext/S25</span><span class="invisible">89-0042(25)00401-8</span></a></p><p><a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/dinosaur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dinosaur</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/fossils" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fossils</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/therizinosaur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>therizinosaur</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/duonychus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>duonychus</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/mongolia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mongolia</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/ab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ab</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/alberta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alberta</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/yyc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>yyc</span></a></p>
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scinexx - das wissensmagazin<p>Einzigartiger Dinosaurier mit Scherenhänden. "Duonychus" trug 30 Zentimeter lange Doppelklauen an den Händen aber wozu? <a href="https://nrw.social/tags/Dinosaurier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dinosaurier</span></a> <a href="https://nrw.social/tags/Dinoklaue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dinoklaue</span></a> <a href="https://nrw.social/tags/Duonychus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Duonychus</span></a> <a href="https://nrw.social/tags/Fossil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fossil</span></a> <a href="https://nrw.social/tags/Palaeontologie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palaeontologie</span></a><br><a href="https://www.scinexx.de/news/biowissen/dinosaurier-mit-scherenhaenden-entdeckt/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">scinexx.de/news/biowissen/dino</span><span class="invisible">saurier-mit-scherenhaenden-entdeckt/</span></a></p>
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