Tyrannosaurus rex

Tyrannosaurus rex

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Tyrannosauroidea

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

Familia: †Tyrannosauridae
Subfamilia: †Tyrannosaurinae
Tribe: †Tyrannosaurini
Genus: †Tyrannosaurus
Species: †Tyrannosaurus rex

Name

Tyrannosaurus rex Osborn, 1905

Holotype: CM 9380 = AMNH 973

Type locality: United States, Lance Formation.

Etymology: from Latin rex (“king”)

Synonyms

• ?Manospondylus gigas Cope, 1892
• Dynamosaurus imperiosus Osborn, 1905
• Aublysodon molnari Paul, 1988
• Albertosaurus megagracilis Paul, 1988
• Nanotyrannus lancensis Bakker, Williams & Currie, 1988

References

Primary references

• Osborn, H.F. 1905. Tyrannosaurus and other Cretaceous carnivorous dinosaurs. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History vol. 21, art. 14: 259–265. hdl: 2246/1464 DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.1038222 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Currie, P.J. 2003. Allometric growth in tyrannosaurids (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of North America and Asia. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 40(4): 651–665. Abstract.

Links

• Tyrannosaurus rex – Taxon details on Fossilworks.

Vernacular names

• žemaitėška: Tiranuozaurs
• български: Тиранозавър
• brezhoneg: Tiranosaor
• català: Tiranosaure
• español: Tiranosaurio rex
• עברית: טירנוזאורוס רקס
• हिन्दी: टायरानोसौरस
• hrvatski: Tiranosaur
• íslenska: Grameðla
• italiano: Tirannosauro
• 日本語: ティラノサウルス・レックス
• 한국어: 티란노사우루스 렉스
• lietuvių: Tiranozauras
• latviešu: Tiranozauri
• ирон: Тиранозавр
• polski: Tyranozaur
• português: Tiranossauro
• русский: Тираннозавр
• slovenščina: Tiranozaver
• српски / srpski: Тираносаурус
• Türkçe: Tiranozor
• українська: Королівський тиранозавр
• 中文: 暴龍

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