"Nothronychus means 'slothful claw' in Latin and this becomes apparent when viewing the animal, as its claws (of which portions have been discovered) are significantly large," Vershurn Ford, Public ...

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wamc/local-wamc-992314.mp3 Albany, NY – In today's Academic Minute, Dr. Barry Albright of the University of ...

Everybody knows that dinosaurs like Tyrannosaurus and Velociraptor were meat eaters, but what might come as a shock is that some of their close relatives often ate plants. When I was a kid things were ...

What sort of critter?: Nothronychus was an herbivorous theropod dinosaur that belonged to a lineage called therizinosaurs. Size: Over 15 feet long. How much of the creature’s body is known?: Vertebrae ...

WASHINGTON -- Illuminating a mysterious epoch in the age of dinosaurs, scientists said on Monday they had unearthed two new species in New Mexico, including a bizarre one that sprang from the same ...

A multi-institutional team of scientists this week reports the discovery of a giant new dinosaur in Utah, Nothronychus graffami, which stood 13 feet tall and had nine-inch-long hand claws that looked ...