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ZHUCHENGTYRANNUS
(zoo-cheng-tih-ran-us)
meaning: "Zhucheng tyrant"
Zhuchengtyrannus
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 |
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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.

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