Consequently, the assignment of segnosaurs started to shift towards sauropodomorphs. In 1984, Paul claimed that segnosaurs rather than being aberrant theropods were indeed, sauropodomorphs which successfully managed to remain into the Cretaceous period. He based this idea on anatomical traits such as the skull and similar pes configuration. He maintained his position in 1988 by placing the Segnosauria into the now obsolete Phytodinosauria, and was one of the first to suggest a segnosaur assignment for the enigmatic "Therizinosaurus". Other prominent paleontologists like Gauthier or Sereno supported this vision. In 1990, Barsbold and Teresa Maryanska agreed in that the hindlimb material from Hermiin Tsav referred to "Therizinosaurus" in 1982 was segnosaurian since it matched several traits, but considered it unlikely to belong to the genus and species as there was no overlapping material among specimens. Barsbold and Maryanska also disagreed with previous researchers who classified "Deinocheirus" as a segnosaur. In the same year, David B. Norman considered "Therizinosaurus" to be a theropod of uncertain classification.