Qianzhousaurus Qianzhousaurus
"Qianzhou lizard"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Qianzhousaurus 6.3 m (20.7 ft) long
4 people holding hands
- Length
- 6.3 m (20.7 ft)
- Period
- Late Cretaceous (67–66 Mya)
- Place
- Asia
- Food
- Carnivore
Qianzhousaurus (meaning “Qianzhou lizard”) is a genus of tyrannosaurid dinosaur that lived in Asia during the Maastrichtian age of the Late Cretaceous period. There is currently only one species named, the type species Qianzhousaurus sinensis, which is a member of the tribe Alioramini and most closely related to Alioramus, the only other known alioramin.
What we know
- Named by Lü et al., 2014.
- Body length estimated at about 6.3 m.
- Fossils found in Asia.