TheropodaTyrannosauridae

Qianzhousaurus sinensis

Qianzhousaurus sinensis skeletal reconstruction, left lateral view, reconstructed length ~6.8 m.
Scale bar = 1 meter
Taxon
Qianzhousaurus sinensis Lü et al., 2014
Reconstructed length
~6.9 m (23 feet)
View
Left lateral
Drawing
© Scott Hartman
Drawn
2019, revised 2022
Clade
  1. Theropoda
  2. Tetanurae
  3. Coelurosauria
  4. Tyrannosauroidea
  5. Tyrannosauridae

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Qianzhousaurus was a tyrannosaurid from the Late Cretaceous of southern China, nicknamed “Pinocchio rex” for its exceptionally long, slender snout. It belongs to a distinctive group of equally long-snouted Asian tyrannosaurs known as alioramids, that were also longer-legged and more lightly built than giants like Tarbosaurus and Tyrannosaurus.

The evidence

What the specimen actually preserves

Known skeletal material of Qianzhousaurus sinensis: preserved elements shown in white against a black body silhouette.
Known material: elements preserved in the specimen are shown in white; unpreserved regions are left as black silhouette. Drawn 2019, revised 2022