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Tyrannosaurini


Fossil Record: Late Cretaceous, 77-65.5 million years ago

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Tyrannosaurus rex

Tyrannosaurini Fast Facts

Length: 26 - 42 feet (7.9-12.8 m)

Height: 10 - 16 feet (3-4.8 m)

Weight: 3,000 - 13,000 lbs (1360-5896 kg)

Distinguishing Features: Tyrannosaurini had big heads and little arms, the distinguishing characteristics of tyrannosaurids. They probably had light feathers covering the body, especially in smaller versions of the Tyrannosaurini, such as Daspletosaurus.

Scientific classification
Superorder: Dinosauria
Order: Saurischia
Suborder: Theropoda
Unranked: Tyrannoraptora
Superfamily: Tyrannosauroidea
Family: Tyrannosauridae
Subfamily: Tyrannosaurinae
Tribe: Tyrannosaurini.

The Tyrannosaurini group consists of only two (possibly three) genera, Tyrannosaurus and Daspletosaurus.[]

SUBFAMILY: TYRANNOSAURINAE

Tribe: Tyrannosaurini

* Daspletosaurus

* D. torosus

* Bistahieversor ?

* B. sealeyi ?

* Tyrannosaurus

* T. bataar

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