Specimens of Tyrannosaurus
Tyrannosaurus is one of the most iconic dinosaurs and is known from numerous specimens, some of which have individually acquired notability due to their scientific significance and media coverage.
Type specimen (AMNH 3982) of Manospondylus gigas
Type specimen of Dynamosaurus imperiosus, London
Reconstructed mount of T. rex holotype CM 9380
Tyrannosaurus specimen AMNH 5027 at the American Museum of Natural History
Tyrannosaurus is a genus of large theropod dinosaur. The type species Tyrannosaurus rex, 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. Tyrannosaurus had a much wider range than other tyrannosaurids. Fossils are found in a variety of rock formations dating to the latest Campanian-Maastrichtian ages of the Late Cretaceous period, 72.7 to 66 million years ago. It was the last known member of the tyrannosaurids and among the last non-avian dinosaurs to exist before the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event.
Tyrannosaurus
Type specimen (AMNH 3982) of Manospondylus gigas
Outdated skeletal restoration by William D. Matthew from 1905, published alongside Osborn's description paper
Dynamosaurus imperiosus holotype, Natural History Museum