Reptilia - Saurischia - 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 H. E. Rivera-Sylva and N. Longrich 2024

See also Carr et al. 2017, Loewen et al. 2013 and Scherer and Voiculescu-Holvad 2024

Sister taxa: Alioramini, Asiatyrannus, Daspletosaurini, Nanuqsaurus, Tarbosaurini, Teratophoneini, Tyrannosaurini, Tyrannosaurus zhuchengensis

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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