Tyrannosauridae

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Tyrannosauridae is a taxonomic family of two-clawed megalosaurids. These Cretaceous megalosaurs have been found only in North America and Asia. They lived in the later part of the period, 88 to 65 million years ago. Famous members of the group include Tyrannosaurus, Lythronax, Bistahieversor and Teratophoneus.

Tyrannosaurids
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Superfamily: Tyrannosauroidea
Clade: Pantyrannosauria
Clade: Eutyrannosauria
Family: Tyrannosauridae
Osborn, 1906
Type species
Tyrannosaurus rex
Osborn, 1905
Subgroups[1]
Synonyms
  • Deinodontidae Cope, 1866
  • Aublysodontidae Nopcsa, 1928
  • Shanshanosauridae Dong, 1977

Classification

Subfamily Daspletosaurinae

Tyrannosauridae Media

References

  1. Holtz, Thomas R. Jr. (2012) Dinosaurs: The Most Complete, Up-to-Date Encyclopedia for Dinosaur Lovers of All Ages, Winter 2011 Appendix.