Tyrannosaurus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Tyrannosauroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crurotarsi Cladus: Archosauria Cladus: Avemetatarsalia Cladus: Ornithodira Cladus: Dinosauromorpha Cladus: Dinosauriformes Cladus: Dracohors Cladus: Dinosauria Cladus: Saurischia Cladus: Eusaurischia Subordo: Theropoda Cladus: Neotheropoda Cladus: Averostra Cladus: Tetanurae Cladus: Avetheropoda Cladus: Coelurosauria Cladus: Tyrannoraptora Superfamilia: †Tyrannosauroidea

Familia: †Tyrannosauridae
Subfamilia: †Tyrannosaurinae
Tribe: †Tyrannosaurini
Genus: †Tyrannosaurus
Species: †T. rex – †T. mcraeensis

Name

Tyrannosaurus Osborn, 1905

Type species: Tyrannosaurus rex Osborn, 1905

Etymology: from Ancient Greek τύραννος (túrannos, “tyrant”) + σαῦρος (saûros, “lizard”)

Synonyms

Manospondylus Cope, 1892
Monospondylus Cope, 1892
Dynamosaurus Osborn, 1905
?Nanotyrannus Bakker et al., 1988
Dinotyrannus Olshevsky, 1995
Stygivenator Olshevsky, 1995

References

Primary references

Osborn, H.F. 1905. Tyrannosaurus and other Cretaceous carnivorous dinosaurs. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History vol. 21, art. 14: 259–265. hdl: 2246/1464 DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.1038222 Reference page.

Additional references

Holtz, T.R., Jr. 2004. "Tyrannosauroidea" In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; Osmólska, Halszka (Eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd edition. Berkeley: University of California Press, pp. 111–136. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.

Links

Tyrannosaurus – Taxon details on Fossilworks.

Vernacular names

አማርኛ: ንጉሥ አምባገነን እንሽላሊት
العربية: تيرانوصور
žemaitėška: Tiranuozaurs
беларуская: Тыраназаўр
български: Тиранозавър
brezhoneg: Tiranosaor
català: Tiranosaure
словѣньскъ / ⰔⰎⰑⰂⰡⰐⰠⰔⰍⰟ: Тѷранносаѵръ
Ελληνικά: Τυραννόσαυρος
Esperanto: Tiranosaŭro
español: Tiranosaurio
suomi: Tyrannilisko
français: Tyrannosaure
galego: Tiranosauro
עברית: טירנוזאוריים
hrvatski: Tiranosaur
հայերեն: Տիրանոզավր
íslenska: Gramedla
日本語: ティラノサウルス属
한국어: 티라노사우루스
lietuvių: Tiranozauras
latviešu: Tiranozauri
മലയാളം: റ്റിറാനോസാറസ്‌
монгол: Тираннозавр
ирон: Тиранозавр
polski: Tyranozaur
português: Tiranossauro
русский: Тираннозавр
slovenščina: Tiranozaver
српски / srpski: Тираносаурус
ไทย: ไทรันโนซอรัส
українська: Тиранозавр
中文: 暴龍屬, 暴龍

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