Our website is made possible by displaying online advertisements to our visitors.
Please consider supporting us by disabling your ad blocker.
Tyrannosauridae
| Tyrannosaurids Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
| |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Superfamily: | †Tyrannosauroidea |
| Clade: | †Pantyrannosauria |
| Clade: | †Eutyrannosauria |
| Family: | †Tyrannosauridae Osborn, 1906 |
| Type species | |
| †Tyrannosaurus rex Osborn, 1905
| |
| Subgroups[1] | |
| |
| Synonyms | |
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.
- ↑ Holtz, Thomas R. Jr. (2012) Dinosaurs: The Most Complete, Up-to-Date Encyclopedia for Dinosaur Lovers of All Ages, Winter 2011 Appendix.
Previous Page Next Page
