tyrannosaurid

English

Noun

tyrannosaurid (plural tyrannosaurids)

1. (zoology) Any dinosaur in the family Tyrannosauridae.
   • 1965, David Jay Simmons, The non-therapsid reptiles of the Lufeng Basin, Yunnan, China, page 84:

     Similarly, the North American tyrannosaurid, Aublysodon, is reported from east Asia.

   • 1993, John R. Horner, The Complete T. Rex, page 134:

     Once again, Phil Currie says it definitely was a tyrannosaurid, most closely related, by braincase comparison, to Tarbosaurus. Chingkankousaurus fragilis was named by C. C. Yang in China in 1958.

   • 2003, Gregory Paul, The Scientific American Book of Dinosaurs‎^[1], page 155:

     Most famous for the last and largest member of the clade, Tyrannosaurus rex, tyrannosaurids at first glance seem very far removed from the ostrichlike ornithomimosaurs.