Calgary Paleontologist Part of Discovery of New Dinosaur With 30-Centimetre Claws

Darla Zelenitsky says the new species, Duonychus, as shown in this illustration, evolved to having only two claws from three which were used for gathering vegetation. (The Canadian Press/HO-University of Calgary）

A University of Calgary paleontologist is part of a discovery of a new species of dinosaur with 30-centimetre-long claws found in a Mongolian desert.

Darla Zelenitsky says the remains of the therizinosaur were found in the Gobi desert in 2012 during the construction of a water pipeline.