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A once-in-a-lifetime find in 2000 by Museum of Northern Arizona paleontologists led to the discovery of the most complete therizinosaur skeleton ever found. The strange dinosaur will be on display through March 29, 2009, as part of the new exhibit "Therizinosaur: Mystery of the Sickle-Claw Dinosaur" at the museum in Flagstaff, Ariz.
On display are 93-million-year-old bones excavated near Big Water in southern Utah. A freestanding skeleton cast from the original bones of the 13-foot-tall, 1-ton, sickle-clawed and feathered dinosaur is the first mounted interpretation of this long-lost animal's stance and posture.
The Museum of Northern Arizona is three miles north of Flagstaff on Highway 180. For information on the museum, which interprets many aspects of the Colorado Plateau, go to www.musnaz.org or phone 928-774-5213.
