Nanotyrannus

Nanotyrannus lancensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Tyrannosauroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Archelosauria Cladus: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crocopoda Cladus: Archosauriformes Cladus: Eucrocopoda Cladus: Archosauria Cladus: Avemetatarsalia Cladus: Ornithodira Cladus: Dinosauromorpha Cladus: Dinosauria Cladus: Saurischia Cladus: Theropoda Cladus: Neotheropoda Cladus: Averostra Cladus: Tetanurae Cladus: Orionides Cladus: Avetheropoda Cladus: Coelurosauria Cladus: Tyrannoraptora Superfamilia: †Tyrannosauroidea

Familia: †Nanotyrannidae
Genus: †Nanotyrannus
Species (†2): †N. lancensis – †N. lethaeus

Name

Nanotyrannus Bakker, Williams & Currie, 1988: 2

• Type species: Gorgosaurus lancensis Gilmore, 1946, by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Bakker, R.T., Williams, M. & Currie, P.J. 1988. Nanotyrannus, a new genus of pygmy tyrannosaur, from the Latest Cretaceous of Montana. Hunteria 1(5): 1–30. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Zanno, L.E. & Napoli, J.G. 2025. Nanotyrannus and Tyrannosaurus coexisted at the close of the Cretaceous. Nature in press. DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-09801-6 Reference page.