Zhuchengtyrannus Zhuchengtyrannus
"Zhucheng tyrant"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Zhuchengtyrannus 10 m (33 ft) long
6 people holding hands
- Length
- 10 m (33 ft)
- Period
- Late Cretaceous (73.5 Mya)
- Place
- Asia · China
- Food
- Carnivore
Zhuchengtyrannus (meaning “Zhucheng tyrant”) is a genus of tyrannosaurid theropod dinosaur from Asia, known from the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous of Shandong Province, China. It belongs to the subfamily Tyrannosaurinae, and contains a single species, Zhuchengtyrannus magnus.
What we know
- Named by Hone et al., 2011.
- Body length estimated at about 10 m.
- Fossils found in Asia and China.