Asiatyrannus xui Zheng et al. 2024 (tyrannosaurine)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Tyrannosauridae

Full reference: W. Zheng, X. Jin, J. Xie and T. Du. 2024. The first deep-snouted tyrannosaur from Upper Cretaceous Ganzhou City of southeastern China. Scientific Reports 14:16276

Belongs to Asiatyrannus according to W. Zheng et al. 2024

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: ZMNH M30360, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Shahe Town construction site [Nanxiong Fm.], which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial horizon in the Nanxiong Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Shahe Town construction site [Nanxiong Fm.]

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