Juratyrant
From Latin 'Jura' referring to the Jurassic period and 'tyrant', hence 'Jurassic tyrant'. The species name honors fossil collector Peter Langham, who discovered the specimen.
Late Jurassic stages
Juratyrant is a genus of tyrannosauroid dinosaur from the late Jurassic period (early Tithonian age) of England. The genus contains a single species, Juratyrant langhami, which was once classified as a species of Stokesosaurus.
Diagnosis
- Ischial apron with folded appearance
- Fibular flange continuing as distinct low ridge to proximal end of tibia
- Ischial tubercle expressed as convex bulge
- Deep fossa on lateral surface of pubis ventral to acetabulum
Species
Juratyrant langhami Brusatte & Benson, 2013
Type species
Named for Peter Langham, the commercial fossil collector who uncovered the specimen in Dorset, England.
- Holotype
- OUMNH PAL-J.003311 , Oxford University Museum of Natural History
- Material
- Partial skeleton of 30 numbered elements including complete pelvis, partial leg, neck/back/tail vertebrae.
- Horizon
- Kimmeridge Clay Formation, Tithonian, Late Jurassic , 149.2–143.1 million years ago
- Locality
- Between Rope Lake Head and Freshwater Steps, Dorset, United Kingdom Benson (2008) narrows the site to a quarry 200 yards west of Freshwater Steps, below the stone band of that name, but only as where the holotype is thought to have been found.
References
- Brusatte, S. L.; Benson, R. B. J. (2013). The systematics of Late Jurassic tyrannosauroid theropods from Europe and North America. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 58(1): 47-54. doi:10.4202/app.2011.0141 brusatte2013b
- Benson, R. B. J. (2008). New information on Stokesosaurus, a tyrannosauroid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from North America and the United Kingdom. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28(3): 732-750. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2008)28[732:NIOSAT]2.0.CO;2 benson2008b