Zhuchengtyrannus Hone et al. 2011 (tyrannosaurine)

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

Parent taxon: Tyrannosaurinae according to T. D. Carr et al. 2017

See also Averianov et al. 2012, Dalman 2013 and Hone et al. 2011

Sister taxa: Alioramus, Daspletosaurini, Dynamoterror, Lythronax, Nanuqsaurus, Tarbosaurini, Teratophoneus, Tyrannosaurini, Tyrannosaurus, Tyrannosaurus zhuchengensis

Subtaxa: Zhuchengtyrannus magnus

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Zangjiazhuang quarry (loc. 090413) (Cretaceous of China)

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