Tyrannosauridae
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,
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Superfamily: | Tyrannosauroidea |
Clade: | Pantyrannosauria |
Clade: | Eutyrannosauria |
Family: | Tyrannosauridae Osborn, 1906 |
Type species | |
†Tyrannosaurus rex Osborn, 1905
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Classification
- Family Tyrannosauridae
- Subfamily Albertosaurinae
- Subfamily Tyrannosaurinae
- Tyrannosaurus
- Lythronax
- Nanotyrannus
- Aublysodon
- Subfamily Tarbosaurinae
- Alioramus
- Alectrosaurus
- Tarbosaurus
- Teratophoneus
- Dryptosaurus
Subfamily Daspletosaurinae
Tyrannosauridae Media
Size comparison of large tyrannosaurid genera Tyrannosaurus, Tarbosaurus, Albertosaurus, Gorgosaurus and Daspletosaurus
Labelled diagram of the right arm and shoulder blade of Gorgosaurus
Cast of the skeleton of Jane, a juvenile tyrannosaurid in the Burpee Museum of Natural History in Rockford
Nearly complete skeleton of a subadult Gorgosaurus libratus, from the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology
Gorgosaurus restoration with speculative plumage, a trait inferred by phylogenetic bracketing
References
- ↑ Holtz, Thomas R. Jr. (2012) Dinosaurs: The Most Complete, Up-to-Date Encyclopedia for Dinosaur Lovers of All Ages, Winter 2011 Appendix.