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genus · 1 represented species

Tyrannosaurus

Tyrannosaurus is a dinosaur genus represented here by Tyrannosaurus rex.

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Tyrannosaurus

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Representative silhouette for Tyrannosaurus
1Direct child groups
2Countries represented
68–66 MaDataset range

Branch structure

Direct branches in this dataset

species

Tyrannosaurus rex

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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

Distribution

Geographic record

United States · Canada

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

Sources

Further reading

Introduction to the DinosauriaDinosaur Paleobiology