Tyrannosauridae

Tyrannosauridae is a taxonomic family of two-clawed megalosaurids. These Cretaceous megalosaurs have been found only in North America and Asia. They lived in the later part of the period, 88 to 65 million years ago. Famous members of the group include Tyrannosaurus, Lythronax, Bistahieversor and Teratophoneus.

Tyrannosaurids Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Dinosauria
Clade:	Saurischia
Clade:	Theropoda
Superfamily:	†Tyrannosauroidea
Clade:	†Pantyrannosauria
Clade:	†Eutyrannosauria
Family:	†Tyrannosauridae Osborn, 1906
Type species
†Tyrannosaurus rex Osborn, 1905
Subgroups
†Albertosaurinae †Albertosaurus †Gorgosaurus †Tyrannosaurinae †Dynamoterror †Lythronax †Nanuqsaurus †Teratophoneus †Alioramini †Alioramus †Qianzhousaurus †Daspletosaurini †Daspletosaurus †Thanatotheristes †Tyrannosaurini †Tarbosaurus †Tyrannosaurus †Zhuchengtyrannus
Synonyms
Deinodontidae Cope, 1866 Aublysodontidae Nopcsa, 1928 Shanshanosauridae Dong, 1977

Classification

• Family Tyrannosauridae
  • Subfamily Albertosaurinae
    • Albertosaurus
    • Gorgosaurus
  • Subfamily Tyrannosaurinae
    • Tyrannosaurus
    • Lythronax
    • Nanotyrannus
    • Aublysodon
    • Subfamily Tarbosaurinae
    • Alioramus
    • Alectrosaurus
    • Tarbosaurus
    • Teratophoneus
    • Dryptosaurus

Subfamily Daspletosaurinae

• Daspletosaurus
• Labocania
• Bistahieversor