Genus
Valid Extinct

Qianzhousaurus

Lü et al. 2014

Qianzhousaurus is a genus of tyrannosaurid dinosaur that lived in Asia during the Maastrichtian age of the Late Cretaceous period. There is currently only one species named, the type species Qianzhousaurus sinensis, which is a member of the tribe Alioramini and most closely related to Alioramus, the only other known alioramin.

Temporal range
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PBDB occurrences
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Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore Ground dwelling, solitary Terrestrial
Qianzhousaurus
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Composite of the holotype (GM F10004) skull of Qianzhousaurus sinensis, lower jaw mirrowed. With authorization and permission by Dr. Stephen L. Brusatte. © Junchang Lü · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Theropoda Unranked clade
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Neotheropoda Unranked clade
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Averostra Unranked clade
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Tetanurae Unranked clade
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Coelurosauria Unranked clade
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Tyrannosauroidea Superfamily
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Tyrannosauridae Family
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Tyrannosaurinae Subfamily
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Alioramini Tribe
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Qianzhousaurus Genus
Measurements
Length
6,3 m ⓘ
Qianzhousaurus sinensis
Mass
750 kg ⓘ
Qianzhousaurus sinensis
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Bibliography
Original description
J. Lü, L. Yi, and S. L. Brusatte, L., Yang, H. Li, L. Chen. 2014. A new clade of Asian Late Cretaceous long-snouted tyannosaurids. Nature Communications 5(1):3788:1-10 DOI ↗