Suskityrannus
Also known as Zunityrannus
Suskityrannus (meaning "coyote tyrant", suski meaning "coyote" in Zuni) is a genus of small tyrannosauroid theropod from the Late Cretaceous of southern Laramidia. It contains a single species, Suskityrannus hazelae, and the type specimen was found in the Turonian-aged Moreno Hill Formation of the Zuni Basin in western New Mexico.
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Suskityrannus (meaning "coyote tyrant", suski meaning "coyote" in Zuni) is a genus of small tyrannosauroid theropod from the Late Cretaceous of southern Laramidia. It contains a single species, Suskityrannus hazelae, and the type specimen was found in the Turonian-aged Moreno Hill Formation of the Zuni Basin in western New Mexico.
==Discovery and naming== thumb|left|3D model of the holotype snout thumb|left|Reconstructed skull of S. hazelae at the Dinosaur Museum (Dorchester)|Dinosaur Museum, Dorchester First mentioned as a small dromaeosaurid by Wolfe and Kirkland in their description of Zuniceratops, Suskityrannus was informally referred to as the "Zuni coelurosaur", "Zuni tyrannosaur", and by the 2011 documentary Planet Dinosaur "Zunityrannus" prior to its scientific description.