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Tyrannosaurus Osborn 1905

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Description

Tyrannosaurus Osborn, 1905

= Dynamosaurus Osborn 1905

= Tarbosaurus Maleev 1955a

= Gorgosaurus (in part)

Diagnosis; (Cranial) Viewed dorsally,muzzle well-differentiated from cranium so that stereoscopic vision well-developed; descending process of postorbital extends into orbit; premaxillary contacts nasal below external nares and medial to maxilla (not visible in lateral profile); lacrymal horn not developed,but is rugose, as is the dorsal part of the postorbital; pro-maxillary fenestra not visible when the skull is viewed in lateral profile; prefrontal forms a wedge between lacrymal and fused frontals; ectopterygoids are swollen and have a very large sinus opening. (Postcranial) Ilium with a well developed notch along the front margin of the preacetabular blade; postacetabular blade of ilium slender; wrist composed of a single element; pubic shaft has a pronounced curve.

Notes

Published as part of Carpenter, K., 1992, Tyrannosaurids (Dinosauria) of Asia and North America, pp. 250-268 in Aspects of Nonmarine Cretaceous Geology, Beijing :China Ocean Press on page 253, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1038212

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Biodiversity

Family
Tyrannosauridae
Genus
Tyrannosaurus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Dinosauria
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Osborn
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Tyrannosaurus Osborn, 1905 sec. Carpenter, 1992

References

  • Osborn, H., 1905, Tyrannosaurus and other Cretaceous carnivorous dinosaurs: American Museum of Natural History Bulletin 21, pp. 259 - 265.
  • Maleev, E., 1955 a, Gigantic carnivorous dinosaurs of Mongolia: Dokladi Akademii Nauk S. S. S. R., v. 104, p. 634 - 637.