†superfamily Tyrannosauroidea Walker 1964 (coelurosaur)

Reptilia - Theropoda

Full reference: A. D. Walker. 1964. Triassic reptiles from the Elgin area: Ornithosuchus and the origin of carnosaurs. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B, Biological Sciences 248:53-134

Parent taxon: Coelurosauria according to C. Hendrickx and O. Mateus 2014

See also Bonaparte et al. 1990, Charig 1967, Haubold 1971, Holtz 2004, Hutt et al. 2001, Kuhn 1966, Loewen et al. 2013, Rauhut 2003, Rauhut et al. 2010, Sereno 1998, Sereno 1999, Walker 1964, Williamson and Brusatte 2014, Xu et al. 2006 and Xu et al. 2004

Sister taxa: Alvarezsauria, Aratasaurus, Bicentenaria, Brasileosaurus, Bressanichnus, Britoichnium, Calamospondylus, Coeluridae, Coelurus, Compsognathidae, Cridotrisauropus, Deferrariischnium, Juravenator, Kainomoyenisauropus, Kol, Lapparentichnus, Lourinhanosaurus, Maniraptora, Maniraptoriformes, Megalosaurus lonzeensis, Megaraptora, Nedcolbertia, Neotripodiscus, Ngexisaurus, Ornithomimipodidae, Plesiothornipus, Qomoqomosauropus, Satapliasaurus, Shanbeipus, Sinosauropteryx, Tanycolagreus, Taupezia, Trisauropodiscus, Xinjiangovenator, Xiuningpus, Zuolong

Subtaxa: Alectrosaurus Alioramini Appalachiosaurus Bagaraatan Bistahieversor Calamosaurus Chingkankousaurus Deinodon Dilong Diplotomodon Dryptosaurus Eotyrannus Jinbeisaurus Juratyrant Labocania Moros Proceratosauridae Raptorex Santanaraptor Stokesosaurus Suskityrannus Teihivenator Theroplantigrada Timimus Timurlengia Tomodon horrificus Tyrannosauridae Tyrannosaurus lanpingensis Xiongguanlong

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Type: Tyrannosaurus

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

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