Tyrannosauridae

Translingual

An artist's impression of the most famous tyrannosaurid, Tyrannosaurus rex

Etymology

From Tyrannosaurus +‎ -idae.

Proper noun

†Tyrannosauridae

1. A taxonomic family within the suborder Theropoda – several dinosaurs from the late Cretaceous.

Hypernyms

• (family): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Reptilia – class; Eureptilia, Romeriida - clades; Diapsida - subclass; Archosauromorpha - infraclass; Archosauria - division; Ornithodira - subsection; Dinosauria - superorder; Saurischia - order; Eusaurischia - taxon; Theropoda - suborder; Tetanurae - infraorder; Avetheropoda, Coelurosauria - taxa; †Tyrannosauroidea - superfamily

Hyponyms

• (family): Albertosaurinae, Aublysodontinae, Deinodontinae, Tyrannosaurinae - subfamilies
  • Dilong, Eotyrannus, Alectrosaurus, Albertosaurus, Daspletosaurus, Gorgosaurus, Tarbosaurus, Tyrannosaurus - genera

References

• Tyrannosauridae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Tyrannosauridae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Tyrannosauridae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Tyrannosauridae at National Center for Biotechnology Information