Kobayashi and his colleagues christened the new therizinosaur, Duonychus tsogtbaatari. The genus name means “double claw”, while the species name honors Mongolian paleontologist Khishigjav Tsogtbaatar.

Millions of years later, fossilized remains are now revealing the story of a giant, clawed dinosaur that once dominated the Earth. Paleontologists have just unearthed a brand-new dinosaur species in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia,

"They call them the sloths of the Cretaceous period," said University of Calgary paleontologist Darla Zelenitsky. "Totally bizarre looking things." In the interview with the Canadian Press, Zelenitsky was referring to Duonychus tsogtbaatari,

While Duonychus tsogtbaatari had formidable claws, they were likely used to grasp vegetation, according to a study of a fully preserved fossil from the Gobi Desert.

Paleontologists unearthed a fully preserved claw fossil. The prehistoric remains were found in Mongolia’s. A recreation revealed the dinosaur the clawed-hand belonged to had two fingers. Researchers suggest the unknown species looked like a mix between a sloth,

Duonychus tsogtbaatari is a newly discovered plant-eater that roamed Earth tens of millions of years ago. It had a long neck, two legs, and two massive claws.