Tyrannosauridae
| Tyrannosaurids Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
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Scientific classification 
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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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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.
Classification
- Family Tyrannosauridae
- Subfamily Albertosaurinae
- Subfamily Tyrannosaurinae
- Tyrannosaurus
- Lythronax
- Nanotyrannus
- Aublysodon
- Subfamily Tarbosaurinae
- Alioramus
- Alectrosaurus
- Tarbosaurus
- Teratophoneus
- Dryptosaurus
Subfamily Daspletosaurinae
Tyrannosauridae Media
Deinodon teeth, the earliest known tyrannosaurid remains
Teeth that have been assigned to Aublysodon at various times
Size comparison of large tyrannosaurid genera Tyrannosaurus, Tarbosaurus, Albertosaurus, Gorgosaurus and Daspletosaurus
Skeletal diagrams of Lythronax and Teratophoneus
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
Skeletal anatomy of a T. rex right leg.
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.
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