Yezosaurus
Field photograph to come
Yezosaurus
DV-0244
- Lived
- 86 to 72 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Tyrannosauridae
- Found in
- Japan
- Named by
- Muramoto and Obata 1977
Field notes
About Yezosaurus
Yezosaurus was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 86 to 72 million years ago. It belongs to the family Tyrannosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Yezosaurus, from Japan. Its fossils come from the Kashima Formation. It was named by Muramoto and Obata in 1977.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
80 million years ago
Close relatives
Other members of Tyrannosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: K. Muramoto. 1977. [Discovery of the fossil skull of a large reptile]. Kaseki No Tomo 16(12):2