Asiatyrannus
Asiatyrannus (meaning "Asian tyrant") is an extinct genus of tyrannosaurine theropod dinosaurs from the Late Cretaceous Nanxiong Formation of China. The genus contains a single species, A. xui, known from a single specimen consisting of a skull and partial postcranial skeleton. Asiatyrannus is notable for its deep-snouted skull and small body size, in contrast to the gracile snout and larger size of the contemporary Qianzhousaurus. It represents the southernmost record of an Asian tyrannosaurid.
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Asiatyrannus (meaning "Asian tyrant") is an extinct genus of tyrannosaurine theropod dinosaurs from the Late Cretaceous Nanxiong Formation of China. The genus contains a single species, A. xui, known from a single specimen consisting of a skull and partial postcranial skeleton. Asiatyrannus is notable for its deep-snouted skull and small body size, in contrast to the gracile snout and larger size of the contemporary Qianzhousaurus. It represents the southernmost record of an Asian tyrannosaurid.
== Discovery and naming == The Asiatyrannus holotype specimen, ZMNH M30360, was discovered in September 2017 in sediments of the Nanxiong Formation near Shahe Town in Nankang District of Ganzhou City, Jiangxi Province, China. The specimen consists of most of an articulated skull in addition to disarticulated parts of the postcrania, comprising much of the right and left legs and several caudal vertebrae.