Reptilia - Theropoda - Tyrannosauridae
Full reference: D. W. E. Hone, K. Wang, C. Sullivan, X. Zhao, S. Chen, D. Li, S. Ji, Q. Ji, and X. Xu. 2011. A new, large tyrannosaurine theropod from the Upper Cretaceous of China. Cretaceous Research 32:495-503
Belongs to Zhuchengtyrannus according to D. W. E. Hone et al. 2011
See also Carr et al. 2017, Dalman 2013, McDonald et al. 2018, Poropat and Kear 2013, Thomson et al. 2013 and Wang et al. 2020
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Zhucheng Dinosaur Museum (ZCDM) V0031, a partial skull (nearly complete right maxilla and associated left dentary). Its type locality is Zangjiazhuang quarry (loc. 090413), which is in a Campanian fluvial siltstone/siltstone in the Hongtuya Formation of China.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Zangjiazhuang quarry (loc. 090413)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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