Sinotyrannus
Field photograph to come
Sinotyrannus
DV-0703 · type species Sinotyrannus kazuoensis
- Lived
- 121 to 113 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Proceratosauridae
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Ji et al. 2009
Field notes
About Sinotyrannus
Sinotyrannus was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 121 to 113 million years ago. It belongs to the family Proceratosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Sinotyrannus, from China. Its fossils come from the Jiufotang Formation. It was named by Ji et al. in 2009.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
115 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Proceratosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: Q. Ji, S.-a. Ji, and L.-j. Zhang. 2009. First large tyrannosauroid theropod from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota in northeastern China. Geological Bulletin of China 28(10):1369-1374