Beipiaosaurus is one of the earliest and most primitive known therizinosaurs - a bizarre group of plant-eating dinosaurs that evolved from meat-eating ancestors about halfway through the Age of Dinosaurs. The jaws of Beipiaosaurus held many tiny, leaf-shaped teeth, and were tipped by a toothless beak. The long claws on its hands were probably used for defense from predators, and its body was covered in feather-like filaments. Although Beipiaosaurus was relatively small for a dinosaur, its later relative Therizinosaurus was a giant, with hand claws over two feet (60 centimeters) long!For over 25 years, Safari Ltd. has been proud to provide this premier line of scale model, dinosaur collectibles. These award winning dinosaur replicas are authenticated by the paleontologists of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, who houses the largest collection of dinosaur fossils in the world. Each Carnegie dinosaur can have up to 25 steps of hand painting to ensure the highest quality in the world marketplace.