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family · 5 represented species

Tyrannosauridae

Tyrannosauridae is included in this curated classification as a family within Tyrannosauroidea. Its displayed membership follows the simplified relationships used by this dataset.

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Tyrannosauridae

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Representative silhouette for Tyrannosauridae
4Direct child groups
3Countries represented
77–66 MaDataset range

Branch structure

Direct branches in this dataset

subfamily

Albertosaurinae

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Tyrannosaurus

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Tarbosaurus

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Daspletosaurus

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Representative taxa

Dinosaurs in this branch

Side-view life reconstruction of Albertosaurus sarcophagusArt by TotalDino · CC BY 4.0

Cretaceous

Albertosaurus sarcophagus

A lightly built Canadian tyrannosaur known from skulls, skeletons and a remarkable multi-individual bonebed spanning juvenile to adult growth stages.

carnivore~9 m
Side-view life reconstruction of Gorgosaurus libratus beside a human silhouetteArt by Leoomas · CC BY-SA 4.0

Cretaceous

Gorgosaurus libratus

A slender, long-legged tyrannosaur from Alberta known from an exceptional growth series, including a juvenile with the remains of two small dinosaurs preserved in its stomach.

carnivore~8.6 m
Side-view life reconstruction of Tyrannosaurus rex by Nobu TamuraArt by Nobu Tamura · CC BY-SA 4.0

Cretaceous

Tyrannosaurus rex

A massive latest-Cretaceous tyrannosaurid with a deep, reinforced skull, bone-crushing teeth, powerful hind limbs and extremely short two-fingered arms. Exceptional skeletons reveal dramatic changes from lightly built juveniles to heavy adults.

carnivore~12.3 m
Side-view life reconstruction of Tarbosaurus bataarArt by PaleoNeolitic · CC BY 4.0

Cretaceous

Tarbosaurus bataar

A giant Mongolian tyrannosaurine known from numerous skulls and skeletons, including a tiny juvenile that records how its lighter feeding apparatus developed into the deep, force-resistant adult skull.

carnivore~10.5 m
Side-view life reconstruction of Daspletosaurus from the Oldman FormationArt by Bohdan 993 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Cretaceous

Daspletosaurus torosus

A robust tyrannosaurid from Late Cretaceous Alberta, known from an unusually complete skull and skeleton collected by Charles M. Sternberg.

carnivore~8.5 m

Distribution

Geographic record

Canada · United States · Mongolia

Country-level summary of represented seed records, not a complete range map.

Sources

Further reading

Introduction to the DinosauriaDinosaur Paleobiology