A Beipiaosaurus makes its way through a field

A Beipiaosaurus lives in the forest and loves thickets. Bushes and grass. It's two meters long and weighs about 80 kilograms. The animal's height is about 90 centimeters. It walks on two legs. It has three toes. Just like that! It has three toes! But what toes! It also has a beak. It loves grass. It's covered entirely in protofeathers.

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Beipiaosaurus inexpectus: Beast of the Week by Christopher DiPiazza http://prehistoricbeastoftheweek.blogspot.com/2022/11/beipiaosaurus-beast-of-week.html #Dinosaurs #PaleoArt

#Beipiaosaurus was an early member of the therizinosaur group of #theropods, which are famous for being herbivores in an otherwise mostly meat-eating group. They are also known for having proportionally short legs and long arms, equipped with three extremely long claws on each hand. Beipiaosaurus had both shorter, shaggy #feathers and long, quill-like feathers.