Suskityrannus Suskityrannus

"coyote tyrant"

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Suskityrannus 5 m (16.4 ft) long
3 people holding hands
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (93.9–89.8 Mya)
Place
North America · Mexico · New Mexico, USA
Food
Carnivore
Clade
Dinosauria

Suskityrannus (meaning “coyote tyrant”, suski meaning “coyote” in Zuni) is a genus of small tyrannosauroid theropod from the Late Cretaceous of southern Laramidia. It contains a single species, Suskityrannus hazelae, and the type specimen was found in the Turonian-aged Moreno Hill Formation of the Zuni Basin in western New Mexico.

What we know

  • Named by Nesbitt et al., 2019.
  • Fossils found in North America and Mexico.