Eotyrannus was a genus of early Cretaceous tyrannosauroid theropod dinosaur. In 1996, a fossilized skeleton was found by amateur fossil collector Gavin Leng known as Eotyrannus. It was placed in the Tyrannosaurus family and represented one of the earliest Tyrannosaurs known to science. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It had serrated premaxillary teeth with a D-shaped cross section, proportionally elongated tibiae and metatarsals, which was present in tyrannosaurid characters. It has elongated neck vertebrae and long, well-developed forelimb arms along with the undecorated dorsal surface of the skull. This animal is known to have had the longest hands among the non-winged ones. It was a primitive dinosaur that hunted herbivorous dinosaurs such as the Hypsilopoda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eotyrannus was estimated to be about 4 meters long and weighed about 91-227 kg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n