Eotyrannus Hutt et al. 2001 (coelurosaur)

Reptilia - Theropoda

Full reference: S. Hutt, D. Naish, D. M. Martill, M. J. Barker, and P. Newbery. 2001. A preliminary account of a new tyrannosauroid theropod from the Wessex Formation (Early Cretaceous) of southern England. Cretaceous Research 22:227-242

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

See also Benson and Barrett 2009, Carr et al. 2011, Hendrickx and Mateus 2014, Holtz 2004, Hutt et al. 2001, Li et al. 2009, Lü et al. 2014, Naish et al. 2001, Naish and Martill 2007 and Ruiz-Omeñaca and Canudo 2003

Sister taxa: Alectrosaurus, Alioramini, Appalachiosaurus, Bagaraatan, Bistahieversor, Calamosaurus, Chingkankousaurus, Deinodon, Dilong, Diplotomodon, Dryptosaurus, Jinbeisaurus, Juratyrant, Labocania, Moros, Proceratosauridae, Raptorex, Santanaraptor, Stokesosaurus, Suskityrannus, Teihivenator, Theroplantigrada, Timimus, Timurlengia, Tomodon horrificus, Tyrannosauridae, Tyrannosaurus lanpingensis, Xiongguanlong

Subtaxa: Eotyrannus lengi

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Type: Eotyrannus lengi

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Eotyrannus type, SW Isle of Wight (PROXY) (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)

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