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sharp-clawed runner
Zhuchengtyrannus
Say it like this: “JOO-chang-tie-RAN-us”
Zhuchengtyrannus magnus
Zhuchengtyrannus ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in China.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
- Named in
- 2011 · Hone, D. W. E.; Wang, K.; Sullivan, C.; Zhao, X.; Chen, S.; Li, D.; Ji, S.; Ji, Q.; Xu, X.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 10 m · 33 ft
- Weight
- 5 tonnes
- Found in
- China · Hongtuya
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Tyrannosaurinae
The story in short
Zhuchengtyrannus was formally named in 2011 by D. W. E. Hone and colleagues. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.
Fossils referred to Zhuchengtyrannus date to the Late Cretaceous (Campanian), roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago. Finds come from China, including the Hongtuya Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Zhuchengtyrannus at a length near 10 m and a body mass around 5 tonnes.
On the family tree it sits in Tyrannosaurinae, among the theropod dinosaurs.