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Zhuchengtyrannus

"Zhucheng tyrant"

Generic theropod body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Zhuchengtyrannus 10 m (33 ft) long
as long as 6 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic theropod body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Zhuchengtyrannus
Length
10 m (33 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (73.5 Mya)
Place
Asia · China
Food
Carnivore
Clade
Tyrannosauridae Dinosauria Saurischia Theropoda Coelurosauria Tyrannosauroidea Late-Cretaceous tyrants: T. rex, Tarbosaurus, Albertosaurus.

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.

What we guess

The reconstruction notes for Zhuchengtyrannus — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.