A basal tyrannosauroid dinosaur from the Late Jurassic of China

Xing Xu (), James M. Clark, Catherine A. Forster, Mark A. Norell, Gregory M. Erickson, David A. Eberth, Chengkai Jia and Qi Zhao
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Xing Xu: Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology
James M. Clark: George Washington University
Catherine A. Forster: Stony Brook University
Mark A. Norell: American Museum of Natural History
Gregory M. Erickson: Florida State University
David A. Eberth: Royal Tyrrell Museum
Chengkai Jia: Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology
Qi Zhao: Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology

Nature, 2006, vol. 439, issue 7077, 715-718

Abstract: An ornamented dinosaur The tyrannosaurid dinosaurs were a successful group of large carnivores that peaked in terms of size with Tyrannosaurus rex. The fossil record for the group through the Jurassic is sparse but the discovery of a rich deposit of fossils from the Upper Jurassic (about 155 million years old) of the Junggar Basin in northwestern China is filling the gap. One of the most significant finds is described in this issue, a small carnivorous dinosaur about 3 metres long with an elaborate head-crest unlike anything seen in other dinosaurs. It could be an exaggerated sexual ornament, in the same vein as the antlers of the Irish elk or the long tail of the male peacock.

Date: 2006
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