†Siamotyrannus Buffetaut et al. 1996 (Siam tyrant)
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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
Type: Siamotyrannus isanensis
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Phu Wiang 9 (Cretaceous of Thailand)
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