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Asiatyrannus
Genus of tyrannosaurid dinosaurs / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the coelurosaur of a similar name, see Aviatyrannis.
Asiatyrannus (meaning "Asian tyrant") is an extinct genus of tyrannosaurine theropod dinosaurs from the Late Cretaceous Nanxiong Formation of China. The genus contains a single species, A. xui, known from a single specimen consisting of a skull and partial postcranial skeleton. Asiatyrannus is notable for its deep-snouted skull and small body size, in contrast to the gracile snout and larger size of the contemporary Qianzhousaurus. It represents the southernmost record of an Asian tyrannosaurid.[2]
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Asiatyrannus | |
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Skeletal diagram and fossil elements of the Asiatyrannus holotype | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | Theropoda |
Family: | †Tyrannosauridae |
Subfamily: | †Tyrannosaurinae |
Genus: | †Asiatyrannus Zheng et al., 2024 |
Species: | †A. xui |
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†Asiatyrannus xui Zheng et al., 2024 | |
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