Siamotyrannus
Field photograph to come
Siamotyrannus
DV-0400 · type species Siamotyrannus isanensis
- Lived
- 126 to 121 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Metriacanthosauridae
- Found in
- Thailand
- Named by
- Buffetaut et al. 1996
Field notes
About Siamotyrannus
Siamotyrannus was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 126 to 121 million years ago. It belongs to the family Metriacanthosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Siamotyrannus, from Thailand. Its fossils come from the Sao Khua Formation. It was named by Buffetaut et al. in 1996.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
125 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Metriacanthosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: E. Buffetaut, V. Suteethorn, and H. Tong. 1996. The earliest known tyrannosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of Thailand. Nature 381:689-691