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With an estimated body mass of almost 1400 lbs. (626 kg), Beishanlong is one of the largest ornithomimosaurs yet described, rivaling the Late Cretaceous ornithomimosaur Gallimimus in size.
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Beishanlong grandis, suggest it was one of the biggest.
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Beishanlong specimen had not finished growing yet when it died millions of years ago.
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Beishanlong grandis (bay-SHAN-long gran-DIS) is a new species of ornithomimosaur, or ostrich-mimic dinosaur.
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Beishanlong was equipped with hand claws up to six inches in length and relatively powerful forelimbs compared to most other ornithomimosaurs.
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Excavation at the holotype locality for Beishanlong in 2006.
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Beishanlong weighed an estimated 1,400 pounds and rivaled the late Cretaceous ornithomimosaur called
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Magnified cross section of the shaft of one of the lower leg bones of Beishanlong, revealing growth lines.
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Silhouettes of body reconstructions for Xiongguanlong (left) and Beishanlong (right) with the recovered parts of the skeletons shown.
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Other dinosaurs found together with Beishanlong and Xiongguanlong include the beaked and probably herbivorous therizinosauroid theropod Suzhousaurus, primitive relatives of duck-billed dinosaurs, the small horned dinosaur Auroraceratops, and both small and large sickle-clawed theropods.
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