Phylum Chordata | Class Reptilia Species †S. kazuoensis Rank Genus | |
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Similar Kileskus, Xiongguanlong, Proceratosaurus, Proceratosauridae, Juratyrant | ||
Sinotyrannus (meaning "Chinese tyrant") is a genus of large basal proceratosaurid dinosaur, a relative of tyrannosaurids which flourished in North America and Asia during the Jurassic and early Cretaceous periods. Sinotyrannus is known from a single incomplete fossil specimen including a partial skull, from the Early Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of Liaoning, China. Though it is not much younger than primitive tyrannosauroids such as Dilong, it is similar in size to later forms such as Tyrannosaurus. It was much larger than contemporary tyrannosauroids; reaching a total estimated length of 9–10 m (30–33 ft), it is the largest known theropod from the Jiufotang Formation. The type species is S. kazuoensis, described by Ji et al., in 2009.
Classification
Sinotyrannus is a basal proceratosaurid tyrannosauroid. It is considered to be part of a clade containing Juratyrant and Stokesosaurus.
Below is a cladogram by Loewen et al. in 2013.
