Suskityrannus hazelae Nesbitt et al. 2019 (coelurosaur)

Reptilia - Theropoda

Full reference: S. J. Nesbitt, R. K. Denton, M. A. Loewen, S. L. Brusatte, N. D. Smith, A. H. Turner, J. I. Kirkland, A. T. McDonald, and D. G. Wolfe. 2019. A mid-Cretaceous tyrannosauroid and the origin of North American end-Cretaceous dinosaur assemblages. Nature Ecology & Evolution 3(6):892-899

Belongs to Suskityrannus according to S. J. Nesbitt et al. 2019

See also Krumenacker et al. 2022

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MSM P4754, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Mirror Mesa (MSM Loc. 98-67), which is in a Turonian delta plain horizon in the Moreno Hill Formation of New Mexico.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Mirror Mesa (MSM Loc. 98-67)

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