Sinotyrannus
sy-no-ty-RAN-us /ˌsaɪnoʊtɪˈrænəs/
Accepted genus
Chinese tyrant
- Sino- · Latin/Greek · China, Chinese
- tyrannos · Greek · tyrant
The name combines the prefix "Sino-", meaning China, with the Greek word for "tyrant". It means "Chinese tyrant". It was chosen because this large predatory tyrannosauroid was found in China. The name echoes Tyrannosaurus and the tyrant-lizard group.
- Named by
- Ji et al.
- Year named
- 2009
- Period
- Early Cretaceous
- Stage
- Aptian
- Found in
- Jiufotang Formation, Liaoning Province, China
A proceratosaurid tyrannosauroid known from a partial skull and lower jaw (type species S. kazuoensis). It is one of the larger early tyrannosauroids.