In Depth
Jinbeisaurus is a genus of tyrannosaur that lived in China during the Late Cretaceous, and is the first dinosaur of its kind discovered in Shanxi Province. Fossils of Jinbeisaurus are very partially preserved meaning it is hard to be certain about too much detail about this dinosaur. The size of the fossils of the holotype however indicate that this individual was a medium sized tyrannosaur.
Jinbeisaurus is the first moderately large predatory dinosaur known from the Shanxi Formation. Possible prey dinosaurs might have included ornithichians like Datonglong. Other types of dinosaur that Jinbeisaurus might have come into contact with include the sauropod Huabeisaurus, and the ankylosaurs Shanxia and Tianzhenosaurus.
Further Reading
- A new tyrannosauroid from the Upper Cretaceous of Shanxi, China. - Cretaceous Research - Wu Xiao-chun, Shi Jian-Ru, Dong Li-Yang, Thomas D. Carr, Yi Jian & Xu Shi-Chao - 2019.
