Asiatyrannus
| Asiatyrannus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian), ~ | |
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| Skeletal diagram and fossil elements of the Asiatyrannus holotype | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Superfamily: | †Tyrannosauroidea |
| Family: | †Tyrannosauridae |
| Subfamily: | †Tyrannosaurinae |
| Genus: | †Asiatyrannus Zheng et al., 2024 |
| Species: | †A. xui |
| Binomial name | |
| †Asiatyrannus xui Zheng et al., 2024 | |
Asiatyrannus (meaning "Asian tyrant") is an extinct genus of tyrannosaurine theropod dinosaurs from the Late Cretaceous Nanxiong Formation of China. The genus contains a single species, A. xui, known from a single specimen consisting of a skull and partial postcranial skeleton. Asiatyrannus is notable for its deep-snouted skull and small body size, in contrast to the gracile snout and larger size of the contemporary Qianzhousaurus. It represents the southernmost record of an Asian tyrannosaurid.