Dinosaurs · Large theropod

Segnosaurus

Say it SEG-no-SORE-us. The name means ‘slow lizard’.

Segnosaurus beside a person 1.75 m tall. Ticks mark every metre.Body shape drawn for this site, showing the general build of large theropods
Length
4 m
Diet
Meat-eater
When
Late Cretaceous97 to 88 million years ago
Fossils found in
Mongolia
Named by
Perle (1979)
Family tree
Dinosauria › Saurischia › Theropoda › Therizinosauroidea › Therizinosauridae
TriassicJurassicCretaceousSegnosaurus252 Ma66 Ma
Where Segnosaurus sits in the age of dinosaurs.Periods from the ICS chart; dinosaur dates from the Natural History Museum

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Lived at the same time

Other large theropods

Source: Segnosaurus in the Natural History Museum Dino Directory, read 12 November 2026. Sizes are the museum's estimates for a typical adult. "Lived at the same time" lists dinosaurs whose dates overlap, which does not always mean they met.