Talk:Beipiaosaurus

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[edit] Family Tree and Description

Once more information on Falcarius utahensis and Nothronychus is available, we may be able to add more family tree information. We might also be able to be more accurate in comparing the specimans, as it sounds like Falcarius may be slightly larger and Nothronychus larger still. Comments welcome. WBardwin 10:11, 5 May 2005 (UTC)

I feel it's best to call Beipiaosaurus a member of Therizinosauroidea only, until some credible analysis shows it's within Therizinosauridae. Also the theory that therizinosaurs might have been prosauropods has by now been fully discredited. It simply has no defenders any more.

--MWAK 07:29, 8 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Beipiao Reptile?

Just wondering if someone had a better translation of Beipiaosaurus than "Beipiao reptile". Fairly silly to translate it as that, since it's like translating Tyrannosaurus as "Tyranno reptile".

My own guess is that has something to do with it's spine, but without any further info I can't really do much. Hopefully someone else knows.

Beipiao is the name of the place it was found. I'll link this to make it more clear. also "saurus" is lizard, "herpeton" is reptile.Dinoguy2 15:00, 16 September 2006 (UTC)