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
Belongs to Siamotyrannus according to M. T. Carrano et al. 2012
See also Buffetaut 1997, Buffetaut 1998, Buffetaut et al. 1996, Buffetaut et al. 1997, Buffetaut and Suteethorn 1999, Buffetaut et al. 2006, Dong 2008, Foster and Chure 2000, Holtz 2001, Holtz et al. 2004, Manabe 1999, Mo et al. 2014, Rauhut 2003, Samathi et al. 2019, Suteethorn and Buffetaut 2008 and Yates 2005
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: PW 9-1, a set of postcrania. Its type locality is Phu Wiang 9, which is in a Barremian terrestrial sandstone in the Sao Khua Formation of Thailand.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Phu Wiang 9
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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