in the Gobi Desert in southeastern Mongolia in the 1970s, incomplete but well-preserved

specimens included the lower jaw, neck and tail vertebrae, the pelvis, the shoulder girdle, and
limb bones. Parts of the specimens have since gone missing or become damaged. Named in
1979, Segnosaurus ('slow lizard') is estimated to have been about 6–7 m (20–23 ft) long and to
have weighed about 1.3 metric tons (1.4 short tons). It was bipedal, with the trunk of its body
tilted upwards. The head was small with a beak at the tip of the jaws, and the neck was long and
slender, adapted to browsing. The forelimbs were robust, with three-fingered hands bearing large
claws, and the feet had four toes. The pubic bone was turned backwards, as in birds.
Segnosaurus and its relatives are thought to have been mainly herbivorous, unlike most other
theropods, and slow-moving.