Tyrannosauridae
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Tyrannosauridae is a family of coelurosaurian dinosaurs that comprises two subfamilies containing up to fifteen genera, including the eponymous Tyrannosaurus. The exact number of genera is controversi
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Deinodon teeth, the earliest known tyrannosaurid remains
Teeth that have been assigned to Aublysodon at various times
Labelled Daspletosaurus skull
Tyrannosauroidea
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Tyrannosauroidea is a superfamily of coelurosaurian theropod dinosaurs that includes the family Tyrannosauridae as well as more basal relatives. Tyrannosauroids lived on the Laurasian supercontinent b
Tyrannosauridae
…North America and Asia. Well-known genera include Tyrannosaurus, Albertosaurus, Gorgosaurus, Daspletosaurus and Tarbosaurus. Although descended from smaller ancestors, tyrannosaurids were almost always the largest predators in their respective ecosystems, putting them at the apex of the food chain. The largest species…
Size of some small genera, compared to a human.
Skull and neck of Daspletosaurus, from the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago.
Skull of Proceratosaurus, a proceratosaurid tyrannosauroid from the Middle Jurassic of England.
The elaborate head crest of Guanlong, a basal tyrannosauroid from China.