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Dinosaur: Sinotyrannus kazuoensis
| Length*: | 9.3 m | 30.5 ft |
| Weight*: | 2 t | 4,409 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Early Cretaceous
Stage: Early Aptian
Years: 121.4–113 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Ji, Ji & Zhang
Year: 2009
Distribution
Area: Asia
Country: China
Region: Liaoning
Formation: Jiufotang
Locations
Sources
Material: Skull, dentaries, dorsal vertebrae, incomplete phalanx II-1, phalanx II-2, manual ungual II, ilia, proximal pubes and ischial fragments.
References: Ji, Ji and Zhang, (2009). First large tyrannosauroid theropod from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota in Northeastern China.
