Siamotyrannus Buffetaut et al. 1996 (Siam tyrant)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Metriacanthosauridae

Full reference: E. Buffetaut, V. Suteethorn, and H. Tong. 1996. The earliest known tyrannosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of Thailand. Nature 381:689-691

Parent taxon: Metriacanthosaurinae according to M. T. Carrano et al. 2012

See also Buffetaut 1997, Buffetaut et al. 1996, Buffetaut et al. 1997, Buffetaut and Suteethorn 1999, Buffetaut et al. 2006, Dong 2008, Holtz et al. 2004, Manabe 1999 and Rauhut 2003

Sister taxa: Metriacanthosaurus, Sinraptor

Subtaxa: Siamotyrannus isanensis

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Type: Siamotyrannus isanensis

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Phu Wiang 9 (Cretaceous of Thailand)

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