- Who
- Therizinosaurus cheloniformis
- What
- 91 centimetre(s)
- Where
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The therizinosaurids (`scythe lizards') from the Late Cretaceous period, found in the Nemegt Basin, Mongolia had the largest claws of any known animal. In the case of Therizinosaurus cheloniformis they measured up to 91cm 36in along the outer curve (cf. 20.3cm 8in for Tyrannosaurus rex). It has been suggested that these talons were designed for grasping and tearing apart large victims, but this creature had a feeble skull partially or entirely lacking teeth and probably lived on termites.
