Paralitherizinosaurus
| Paralitherizinosaurus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, | |
|---|---|
| Known fossil material | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Family: | †Therizinosauridae |
| Genus: | †Paralitherizinosaurus Kobayashi et al., 2022 |
| Species: | †P. japonicus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Paralitherizinosaurus japonicus Kobayashi et al., 2022 | |
Paralitherizinosaurus is an extinct genus of therizinosaurid theropod dinosaurs from the Late Cretaceous Osoushinai Formation of Hokkaido, Japan. The genus contains a single species, Paralitherizinosaurus japonicus, known from a partial right hand and cervical vertebra. Paralitherizinosaurus represents the youngest therizinosaur known from Japan.