Full reference: P. C. Sereno, L. Tan, S. L. Brusatte, H. J. Kriegstein, X. Zhao and K. Cloward. 2009. Tyrannosaurid skeletal design first evolved at small body size. Science
Belongs to Raptorex according to T. D. Carr 2023
See also Carr et al. 2017, Delcourt and Grillo 2014, Hone et al. 2011, Poropat and Kear 2013 and Sereno et al. 2009
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: LH PV18, a skeleton (partially articulated skeleton with most of the skull and postcranial skeleton lacking portions of the forelimb and the distal one-half of the tail). Its type locality is Raptorex type locality, which is in a Barremian/Maastrichtian fluvial sandstone in China.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Raptorex type locality
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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