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Sinotyrannus kazuoensis
Taxonomy
Sinotyrannus kazuoensis was named by Ji et al. (2009). Its type specimen is KZV-001, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dachengzi, Kazuo, which is in an Aptian floodplain horizon in the Jiufotang Formation of China. It is the type species of Sinotyrannus.
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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2009 | Sinotyrannus kazuoensis Ji et al. p. 1370 figs. 1-3 |
2010 | Sinotyrannus kazuoensis Zhang et al. p. 158 |
2011 | Sinotyrannus kazuoensis Hone et al. p. 495 |
2017 | Sinotyrannus kazuoensis Carr et al. p. 9s |
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†Sinotyrannus kazuoensis Ji et al. 2009
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Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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Q. Ji et al. 2009 | Large tyrannosauroid roughly 9~10 meters long, much longer than other Late Jurassic or Early Cretaceous tyrannosauroids. This new genus falling into the size of Late Cretaceous tyrannosauroids, but differing from those in the following combined characters: proportionally large external naris; anterior portion of the dorsal amrgin of maxilla slightly concave; maxillary fenestra reaching past the rostral marginof the antorbital fossa; the preacetaqbular blade of ilium comparatively short, and lacking the ventrally expanded anterior hook. |
Measurements
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References: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875 |