Describer

Hu, Cheng, Pang and Fang, 2001

Time

Cretaceous Late Campanian Maastrichtian

Classification

Saurischia Theropoda Tyrannosauria Tyrannosauridae

Diet

Carnivore

Fossilsite

Upper Xingezhuang Formation, Wangshi Series, Zucheng County, Shandong Province, China

Fall Under

Tyrannosaurus rex

Info

Tyrannosaurus rex = Dynamosaurus imperiosus (Osborn, 1905) >> ?Manospondylus gigas (Cope, 1892)

Tyrannosaurus rex > = \\\"Ornithomimus\\\" grandis (Marsh, 1890)

Tyrannosaurus rex > Tyrannosaurus stanwinstonorum (Pickering, 1995)
Tyrannosaurus rex > Tyrannosaurus zhuchengensis (Hu, Cheng, Pang and Fang, 2001)

Holotype

(NGMC coll.)] 531mm long right metatarsal IV and [paratype (NGMC coll.)] four teeth 103, 73, 45, 35 mm.

Etymology

Species name derives from Zhucheng County, Shandong Province

The theropod material was found association with the Shantungosaurus giganteus skeletal elements.