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Sinotyrannus

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Sinotyrannus

Carnivore
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There is no write-up for this dinosaur yet, but the scientific data below is complete.

Who lived alongside it

Dinosaurs found in the same rock formation as Sinotyrannus (Jiufotang), so they lived in the same region at roughly the same time.

Formation data from the Paleobiology Database, counting only each genus's main formations. One formation can span hundreds of thousands to millions of years, so this doesn't mean any two of them ever met.

Scientific details

Classification
Theropod (two-legged predators)
Family
Proceratosauridae
When it lived
113.2–121.4 million years ago
Geologic stages
Aptian
Named by
Ji et al., 2009
Fossil occurrences
1 sites

Countries with fossils

  • China

Data from Paleobiology Database and Wikidata