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Qianzhousaurus

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Qianzhousaurus

CarnivoreLate CretaceousLarge Theropod

Pronunciation

Ke-an-su-sor-us

Meaning

Ganzhou lizard

Type

Large Theropod

Length

6.3 meters long

Period

Late Cretaceous

Years

66.7 million years ago

Location

China

Diet

Carnivore

About Qianzhousaurus

Qianzhousaurus is a genus of tyrannosaurid dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous period in what is now China. It was a large carnivore, with adults reaching lengths of up to 10 meters (33 feet) and weighing up to 3 metric tons (3.3 short tons). It had a distinctive skull with a long, narrow snout and large, serrated teeth. Its forelimbs were shorter and more robust than those of other tyrannosaurids, and it had three clawed digits on each hand. It likely lived in a semi-arid environment, and may have hunted large herbivorous dinosaurs such as hadrosaurs and ceratopsians.

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