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Tyrannosaurus

Tyrannosaurus (/tɪˌrænəˈsɔːrəs, taɪ-/) 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. It lived throughout what is now western North America, on what was then an island continent known as Laramidia.…

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related to Paleoecology · 37
Tyrannosaurus → Acheroraptor, Ankylosaurus, Another, Anzu, Archosaurs, Canada, Denversaurus, During, Edmontosaurus, Eoneophron, Gulf Coast, Hell Creek, Hell Creek Formation, Infernodrakon, Lance Formation, Lancian, Laramidia, Late Cretaceous, Leptoceratops, Maastrichtian
related to Nanotyrannus · 32
Tyrannosaurus → Albertosaurus, Aublysodon, Bakker, BMRP, Burpee Museum, Carr, Charles, Cleveland Museum, CMNH, Currie, Dinotyrannus, Gilmore, Gorgosaurus, However, In, Jane, LACM, Michael Williams, Montana, Nanotyrannus
related to Skeleton discovery and naming · 28
Tyrannosaurus → American Museum, Andrew McDonald, Barnum Brown, Brown, Carnegie Museum, Carnivorous Dinosaur, Cretaceous, Dynamosaurus, Dynamoterror, Greek, Hell Creek Formation, Henry Fairfield Osborn, In, King Tyrant Lizard, Latin, London, Marsh, McDonald's, Montana, Natural History
related to Tyrannosaurus imperator and Tyrannosaurus regina · 26
Tyrannosaurus → Another, Both Carr, Brusatte, Carr, Currie, David Hone, Field Museum, Gregory, Holtz, However, In, Jingmai O'Connor, Lindsay Zanno, Nanotyrannus, O'Connor, Paul, Philip, Presumed, Stephen Brusatte, Sue
related to Additional species · 23
Tyrannosaurus → By, China, Evgeny Maleev, Henan Province, Holtz, In, Kenneth Carpenter, Late Cretaceous, Mongolia, Mongolian, Quiba Formation, Some, Soviet, Subashi Formation, Tantou Basin, Tarbosaurus, The, Thomas Carr, Thomas Holtz, Turpan Basin
related to Pathology · 22
Tyrannosaurus → According, Actinomycosis, Allosaurus, Also, An, Bruce Rothschild, Finally, For, In, Late Cretaceous, MOR, Of, Peck's Rex, Previously, Since, Stagonolepis, Sue, Sue's, The, Triassic
related to Continued study · 21
Tyrannosaurus → August, Beginning, Chicago, Dr, Field Museum, From, Hell Creek Formation, In, Maurice Williams, May, MOR, Museum, Natural History, New Jersey, North America, Rockies, Stan, Sue, Sue Hendrickson, The
related to Arms · 20
Tyrannosaurus → Allosaurus, Another, Deinonychus, For, Gorgosaurus, However, In, Kenneth Carpenter, Lawrence Lambe, Matt Smith, MOR, Newman, Osborn, Padian, Since, Sue, The, This, Wankel, When
related to Tyrannosaurus mcraeensis · 20
Tyrannosaurus → Alamosaurus, Campanian-early Maastrichtian Hall Lake, Carpenter, Carr, Dalman, Formation, In, Lancian, Lehman, Lucas, McRae, Natural History, New Mexico, New Mexico Museum, NMMNH P-3698, Reposited, Science, Some, Sullivan, Williamson
related to Earliest finds · 19
Tyrannosaurus → Arthur Lakes, Colorado, Cope, Deinodon, Denver Formation, Dotson, Edward Drinker Cope, Golden, Hatcher, In, Jarvis Hall, John Bell Hatcher, July, Manospondylus, Ornithomimus, Peter, South Table Mountain, The, Wyoming

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Tyrannosaurusis aonly large theropod known to have existed in the Hell Creek Formation.A set of footprints in Glenrock0.90text
scales or potentially lipsinstance ofsuch as a crocodile-like sensory system or evidence of extra-oral structures0.80text
with subsequent research on theropod tooth wear patterns supporting such a proposition.Skeleton.mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinnerinstance ofsuch as a crocodile-like sensory system or evidence of extra-oral structures0.80text
with subsequent research on theropod tooth wear patterns supporting such a propositioninstance ofsuch as a crocodile-like sensory system or evidence of extra-oral structures0.80text
megalosaursinstance ofboth of which have occasionally been synonymized with Tyrannosaurus.Tyrannosaurids were once commonly thought to be descendants of earlier large theropods0.80text
carnosaursinstance ofboth of which have occasionally been synonymized with Tyrannosaurus.Tyrannosaurids were once commonly thought to be descendants of earlier large theropods0.80text
although more recently they were reclassified with the generally smaller coelurosaursinstance ofboth of which have occasionally been synonymized with Tyrannosaurus.Tyrannosaurids were once commonly thought to be descendants of earlier large theropods0.80text
Thomas Holtzinstance ofsome authors0.80text
Kenneth Carpenterinstance ofsome authors0.80text
and Thomas Carr argue that the two species are similar enough to be considered members of the same genusinstance ofsome authors0.80text
restoring the Mongolian taxon's original binomial name.Some specimens from the Late Cretaceous deposits of China have been described as new species of Tyrannosaurusinstance ofsome authors0.80text
lack of foodinstance ofTyrannosaurus was capable of slowing down its growth to counter environmental factors0.80text

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