New tyrannosaur from the mid-Cretaceous of Uzbekistan clarifies evolution of giant body sizes and advanced senses in tyrant dinosaurs

Citation

Brusatte, S. L.; Averianov, A.; Sues, H. D.; Muir, A.; Butler, I. B. (2016). New tyrannosaur from the mid-Cretaceous of Uzbekistan clarifies evolution of giant body sizes and advanced senses in tyrant dinosaurs. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 113(13): 3447-3452. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. doi:10.1073/pnas.1600140113

Names first published here

• Timurlengia genus
• Timurlengia euotica species

Cited by genera

• Timurlengia

Cited by clades

• Tyrannosauroidea

  Described the braincase and endocast of Timurlengia, showing the shallow endocast and long cochlear duct that earlier studies identify as tyrannosauroid synapomorphies.