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Tyrannosaurus (/ tɪˌrænəˈsɔːrəs, taɪ -/) [ a ] is a genus of large theropod dinosaur. The type species Tyrannosaurus rex (rex meaning 'king' in Latin), often shortened to T. rex or colloquially T-Rex, is one of the best represented theropods.
Tyrannosauroidea (meaning 'tyrant lizard forms') is a superfamily (or clade) of coelurosaurian theropod dinosaurs that includes the family Tyrannosauridae as well as more basal relatives. Tyrannosauroids lived on the Laurasian supercontinent beginning in the Jurassic Period.
Skeletal mount of the Tyrannosaurus holotype. This timeline of tyrannosaur research is a chronological listing of events in the history of paleontology focused on the tyrannosaurs, a group of predatory theropod dinosaurs that began as small, long-armed bird-like creatures with elaborate cranial ornamentation but achieved apex predator status ...
E. D. Cope (named after the paleontologist of the same name) is a Tyrannosaurus specimen discovered in South Dakota by Bucky Derflinger in 1999 at the same site as AMNH 3982. Excavations of this 10% complete skeleton began in 2000. The known material includes a partial skull, several vertebrae, and ribs. [18]
The holotype was named as Tyrannosaurus bataar by Evgeny Maleev as Tyrannosaurus bataar. [7] The genus Tarbosaurus was also described in the same year based on PIN 551–2, a specimen with a skull and skeletal remains discovered by the same expedition in 1948 and 1949 as Tarbosaurus efremovi. [8]
Sue[a] (stylized: SUE) is the nickname given to FMNH PR 2081, which is one of the largest, [b] most extensive, and best preserved Tyrannosaurus rex specimens ever found, at over 90 percent recovered by bulk. [4] FMNH PR 2081 was discovered on August 12, 1990, [5] by American explorer and fossil collector Sue Hendrickson, and was named after her ...
The debate about whether Tyrannosaurus was a predator or a pure scavenger is as old as the debate about its locomotion. Lambe (1917) described a good skeleton of Tyrannosaurus ' s close relative Gorgosaurus and concluded that it and therefore also Tyrannosaurus was a pure scavenger, because the Gorgosaurus ' s teeth showed hardly any wear. [126]
Stan (dinosaur) "Stan", also known by its inventory number BHI 3033, is a Tyrannosaurus rex fossil found in the Hell Creek Formation in South Dakota, just outside of Buffalo in 1987, and excavated in 1992. [1] It is the fifth most complete T. rex fossil discovered to date, at more than 70% bulk. [2][3] In October 2020, the fossil was sold for ...