Lythronax Loewen et al. 2013 (tyrannosaurine)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Tyrannosauridae

Full reference: M. A. Loewen, R. B. Irmis, J. J. W. Sertich, P. J. Currie, and S. D. Sampson. 2013. Tyrant dinosaur evolution tracks the rise and fall of Late Cretaceous oceans. PLoS ONE 8(11):e79420

Parent taxon: Tyrannosaurinae according to T. D. Carr et al. 2017

See also Loewen et al. 2013

Sister taxa: Alioramus, Daspletosaurini, Dynamoterror, Nanuqsaurus, Tarbosaurini, Teratophoneus, Tyrannosaurini, Tyrannosaurus, Tyrannosaurus zhuchengensis, Zhuchengtyrannus

Subtaxa: Lythronax argestes

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Type: Lythronax argestes

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Nipple Butte (UMNH VP Loc. 1269) (Cretaceous of Utah)

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