Tyrannosauridae
extinct family of theropod dinosaurs / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tyrannosauridae is a taxonomic family of theropods. These dinosaurs from the Upper Cretaceous have been found only in North America and Asia. They lived in the later part of the period, 88 to 65 million years ago.
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Tyrannosaurids | |
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Tyrannosaurus skeletal mount, Carnegie Museum of Natural History | |
Gorgosaurus skeletal mount, Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology | |
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 | |
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