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#Asiatyrannus xui: The first deep-snouted tyrannosaur from Upper #Cretaceous Ganzhou https://novataxa.blogspot.com/2024/07/asiatyrannus.html paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-66278-5
#Tyrannosaurids were the most derived group of Tyrannosauroidea and are characterized by having two body plans: gracile, long-snouted and robust, deep-snouted skulls. Both groups lived sympatrically in central Asia... Asiatyrannus is a small to medium-sized tyrannosaurine, with a skull length of 47.5 cm and an estimated total body length of 3.5–4 m.