†unranked clade Daspletosaurini Voris et al. 2020 (tyrannosaurine)

Reptilia - Saurischia - Tyrannosauridae

Full reference: J. T. Voris, F. Therrien, D. K. Zelenitsky and C. M. Brown. 2020. A new tyrannosaurine (Theropoda:Tyrannosauridae) from the Campanian Foremost Formation of Alberta, Canada, provides insight into the evolution and biogeography of tyrannosaurids. Cretaceous Research 110:104388:1-15

Parent taxon: Tyrannosaurinae according to H. E. Rivera-Sylva and N. Longrich 2024

See also Scherer and Voiculescu-Holvad 2024, Voris et al. 2020 and Yun 2020

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

Subtaxa: Daspletosaurus Thanatotheristes

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Canada (12: Alberta collections), United States (11: Montana, New Mexico, Wyoming)

Total: 23 collections each including a single occurrence

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