Tyrannosauridae

Tyrannosaurids Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 81–66 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Tyrannosaurus skeletal mount, Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Gorgosaurus skeletal mount, Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology
Scientific classification
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

Tyrannosauridae is a taxonomic family of theropods. These dinosaurs from the Upper Cretaceous have been found only in North America and Asia. They lived in the later part of the period, 88 to 65 million years ago.

Classification

• Family Tyrannosauridae
  • Subfamily Albertosaurinae
    • Albertosaurus
    • Gorgosaurus
  • Subfamily Tyrannosaurinae
    • Alioramus
    • Daspletosaurus
    • Nanotyrannus
  • Subfamily Tarbosaurinae
    • Alioramus?
    • Alectrosaurus?
    • Tarbosaurus
    • Tarbosaurus
    • Tyrannosaurus