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Tarbosaurus. Raptorex kriegsteini. Tarbosaurus ( / ˌtɑːrbəˈsɔːrəs / TAR-bə-SOR-əs; meaning "alarming lizard") is a genus of large tyrannosaurid dinosaur that lived in Asia during the Late Cretaceous epoch, about 70 million years ago ( Maastrichtian age ). It contains the single type species: Tarbosaurus bataar, which is known from the ...
Tyrannosauridae (or tyrannosaurids, meaning " tyrant lizards") is a family of coelurosaurian theropod dinosaurs that comprises two subfamilies containing up to fifteen genera, including the eponymous Tyrannosaurus. The exact number of genera is controversial, with some experts recognizing as few as three.
The dig was concluded over 3 weeks in 2004 by the Black Hills Institute with the first live online Tyrannosaurus excavation providing daily reports, photos, and video. [5] In 2006, Montana State University revealed that it possessed the largest Tyrannosaurus skull yet discovered (from a specimen named MOR 008), measuring 5 feet (152 cm) long. [20]
Sinotyrannus (meaning “Chinese tyrant”) was an early, large-bodied genus within the superfamily Tyrannosauroidea. [ 1] This dinosaur had a single type species, S. kazuoensis, with the only known specimen containing a partial skull, some vertebrae, and a hip, [ 2] all of which were found in the Early Cretaceous aged Jiufotang Formation of ...
The first non-avian dinosaur found with direct evidence of feathers. Analysis of melanosomes suggest it had orange-brown and white countershading with a striped tail and a "bandit mask" around its eyes [125] Sinosaurus: 1940 Lufeng Formation (Early Jurassic, Hettangian to Sinemurian) China: Had a pair of midline crests similar to Dilophosaurus ...
Tyrannosaurus was named by Henry Fairfield Osborn in 1905, along with the family Tyrannosauridae. [15] The name is derived from the Ancient Greek words τυραννος tyrannos ('tyrant') and σαυρος sauros ('lizard'). The superfamily name Tyrannosauroidea was first published in a 1964 paper by the British paleontologist Alick Walker. [16]
On August 12, 1990, Susan Hendrickson -- a fossil hunter -- discovered three huge bones protruding out of a cliff near Faith, South Dakota. Those burned turned out to be part of the largest ever T ...
Binomial name. †Yutyrannus huali. Xu et al., 2012. Yutyrannus (meaning "feathered tyrant") is a genus of proceratosaurid tyrannosauroid dinosaur which contains a single known species, Yutyrannus huali. This species lived during the early Cretaceous period in what is now northeastern China. [ 1] Three fossils of Yutyrannus huali —all found ...