Asiatyrannus
Field photograph to come
Asiatyrannus
DV-1225 · type species Asiatyrannus xui
- Lived
- 72 to 66 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Tyrannosauridae
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Zheng et al. 2024
Field notes
About Asiatyrannus
Asiatyrannus was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 72 to 66 million years ago. It belongs to the family Tyrannosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Asiatyrannus, from China. Its fossils come from the Nanxiong Formation. It was named by Zheng et al. in 2024.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
70 million years ago
Close relatives
Other members of Tyrannosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: W. Zheng, X. Jin, and J. Xie, T. Du. 2024. The first deep-snouted tyrannosaur from Upper Cretaceous Ganzhou City of southeastern China. Scientific Reports 14:16276