| Zhuchegtyrannus | |
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Kingdom: |
Animalia |
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Phylum: |
Chordata |
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Class: |
Reptilia |
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Superorder: |
Dinosauria |
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Order: |
Saurischia |
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Suborder: |
Theropoda |
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Superfamily: |
†Tyrannosauroidea |
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Family: |
†Tyrannosauridae |
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Genus: |
†Zhuchengtyrannus |
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Species: |
†Z. magnus (type) |
Zhuchegtyrannus was a genus of little-known tyrannosaurid from Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous. Living in what is now present-day Zhucheg, Shandong Province of China, Zhuchengtyrannus may have grown to lengths of 11m (36 feet) and a height of 4 meters (13 feet). This is only speculative for the type specimen is known only from a maxillia and a mandible. The mandible, and the estimated overall size of Zhuchengtyrannus only falls short of Tyrannosaurus.
Zhuchengtyrannus skull
Z. magnus is considered a member of the family Tyrannosauridae and a probable relative of Daspletosaurus and Alioramus, for all three were members of the subfamily Tyrannosaurinae.