Eotyrannus

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DV-0478Wessex Fm., United Kingdom

Eotyrannus

DV-0478

Lived
133 to 121 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
Diet
Carnivore
Length
about 5 m (16 ft)
Group
Theropods
Found in
United Kingdom
Named by
Hutt et al. 2001

Field notes

About Eotyrannus

Eotyrannus was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 133 to 121 million years ago.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Eotyrannus, from United Kingdom. Its fossils come from the Wessex Formation. It was named by Hutt et al. in 2001.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

125 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

To scale

How big was Eotyrannus?

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Eotyrannus: about 5 m (16 ft) · Person: 1.8 m (6 ft)Silhouette: typical theropod shape

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Tyrannosauroidea.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: S. Hutt, D. Naish, and D. M. Martill, M. J. Barker, P. Newbery. 2001. A preliminary account of a new tyrannosauroid theropod from the Wessex Formation (Early Cretaceous) of southern England. Cretaceous Research 22:227-242