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
Parent taxon: Tyrannosauroidea according to S. J. Nesbitt et al. 2019
Sister taxa: Alectrosaurus, Alioramini, Appalachiosaurus, Bagaraatan, Bistahieversor, Calamosaurus, Chingkankousaurus, Deinodon, Dilong, Diplotomodon, Dryptosaurus, Eotyrannus, Jinbeisaurus, Juratyrant, Labocania, Moros, Proceratosauridae, Raptorex, Santanaraptor, Stokesosaurus, Teihivenator, Theroplantigrada, Timimus, Timurlengia, Tomodon horrificus, Tyrannosauridae, Tyrannosaurus lanpingensis, Xiongguanlong
Subtaxa: Suskityrannus hazelae
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Mirror Mesa (MSM Loc. 98-67) (Cretaceous of New Mexico)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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