Named By: | David W. E. Hone, Kebai Wang, Corwin Sullivan, Xijin Zhao, Shuqing Chen, Dunjin Li Shuan Ji, Qiang Ji & Xu Xing in 2011 |
Time Period: | Late Cretaceous, 73.5 Ma |
Location: | China, Shandong Province - Wangshi Group |
Size: | Uncertain due to incomplete fossil material, but comparison with other tyrannosaurid material has resulted in estimations of approximately 11 metres long |
Diet: | unavailable |
Fossil(s): | Maxilla, partial front dentary and teeth |
Classification: | | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Saurischia | Theropoda | Tyrannosauridae | Tyrannosaurinae | |
Also known as: | | Tyrannosaurus zhuchengensis | |
Zhuchengtyrannus (meaning "Zhucheng tyrant") is an extinct genus of large carnivorous theropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous period of Shandong Province, China. It is a tyrannosaurine tyrannosaurid, and contains a single species, Zhuchengtyrannus magnus.