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Tyrannosauroidea

Reptilia

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1856Deinodon Leidy p. 72
1856Deinodon horridus Leidy p. 72
1857Megalosaurus (Deinodon) horridus Leidy p. 90
1860Deinodon Leidy p. 143
1860Deinodon horridus Leidy p. 143
1865Tomodon Leidy p. 102 fig. 35
1865Tomodon horrificus Leidy pp. 102-103 fig. 35
1865Tomodon Leidy p. 119
1868Aublysodon horridus Cope
1868Dinodon horridus Leidy p. 197
1868Diplotomodon Leidy p. 202
1868Diplotomodon horrificus Leidy p. 202
1870Aublysodon horridus Cope p. 120
1870Diplotomodon Cope p. 120ff
1870Diplotomodon horrificus Cope p. 120ff
1874Aublysodon horridus Cope p. 26
1875Aublysodon horridus Cope p. 249
1877Aublysodon horridus Cope p. 572
1890Diplotomodon Zittel p. 727
1899Deinodon horridus Hay p. 347
1901Megalosaurus horridus Nopcsa p. 201
1902Diplotomodon Hay p. 473
1902Diplotomodon horrificus Hay p. 473
1902Deinodon Hay p. 488
1902Deinodon horridus Hay p. 488
1902Deinodon Lambe p. 49
1902Deinodon horridus Lambe p. 49
1903Deinodon horridus Lambe p. 137
1904Deinodon horridus Lambe p. 6
1905Deinodon horridus Lambe p. 23
1905Deinodon Lambe p. 48
1905Deinodon Osborn p. 259
1905Deinodon horridus Osborn p. 259
1909Deinodon Huene p. 15
1909Diplotomodon Huene p. 16
1911Deinodon von Zittel p. 281
1911Diplotomodon von Zittel p. 283
1914Deinodon Brown p. 377
1914Deinodon horridus Brown p. 378
1920Deinodon Gilmore p. 122
1922Deinodon horridus Matthew and Brown pp. 377-379
1922Deinodon Matthew and Brown p. 378
1924Deinodon Lull p. 231
1926Dinodon Huene p. 101
1927Deinodon Huene p. 259
1927Deinodon horridus Huene p. 260
1930Deinodon Hay p. 176
1930Deinodon horridus Hay p. 177
1930Diplotomodon Hay p. 264
1930Diplotomodon horrificus Hay p. 264
1930Deinodon Russell p. 142
1930Deinodon horridus Russell p. 142
1939Deinodon Kuhn p. 78
1939Deinodon horridus Kuhn p. 78
1946Deinodon Gilmore pp. 16-17
1946Deinodon horridus Gilmore p. 17
1954Diplotomodon McDowell and Bogert p. 132
1958Chingkankousaurus Young pp. 101-102
1958Chingkankousaurus fragilis Young p. 101
1962Diplotomodon horrificas Miller p. 196
1964Deinodon horridus Russell p. 10
1964Deinodon Tatarinov p. 540
1964Deinodon horridus Tatarinov p. 540
1964Deinodon Walker p. 128
1964Tyrannosauroidea Walker p. 128
1966Tyrannosauroidea Kuhn p. 93
1966Chingkankonsaurus Romer p. 369
1967Tyrannosauroidea Charig p. 714
1967Chingkankousaurus Charig p. 715
1967Chingkankousaurus fragilis Charig p. 715
1970Chingkankousaurus Steel p. 31
1970Chingkankousaurus fragilis Steel p. 31
1970Deinodon Steel p. 40
1970Deinodon horridus Steel p. 41
1971Tyrannosauroidea Haubold p. 75
1973Deinodon Powell p. 118
1975Tyrannosaurus lanpingensis Yeh
1978Chingkankousaurus Dong et al.
1980Chinkankousaurus fragilis Chao
1980Deinodon Wolberg p. 42
1980Deinodon horridus Wolberg p. 42
1986Tyrannosaurus lanpingensis Hao p. 20
1986Tyrannosaurus lanpingi Zhao p. 70
1988Chingkankousaurus Carroll
1990Tyrannosauroidea Bonaparte et al. p. 40
1990Chingkankousaurus Molnar et al. p. 190
1990Chingkankousaurus fragilis Molnar et al. p. 190
1992Tarbosaurus lanpingensis Olshevsky p. 138
1998Tyrannosauroidea Sereno p. 65
1999Tyrannosauroidea Sereno p. 2139 fig. 2
2001Tyrannosauroidea Hutt et al. p. 229
2003Tyrannosauroidea Rauhut p. 149
2004Tyrannosauroidea Holtz, Jr. p. 112
2004Tyrannosauroidea Xu et al. p. 680
2006Tyrannosauroidea Xu et al. p. 717 fig. 3
2010Tyrannosauroidea Rauhut et al. p. 183 fig. 23
2013Tyrannosauroidea Loewen et al. p. 2
2014Tyrannosauroidea Hendrickx and Mateus
2014Tyrannosauroidea Williamson and Brusatte p. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
RankNameAuthor
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
superfamilyTyrannosauroidea
superfamilyTyrannosauroidea

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Superfm. †Tyrannosauroidea Walker 1964
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G. †Alectrosaurus Gilmore 1933
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Alectrosaurus olseni Gilmore 1933
G. †Appalachiosaurus Carr et al. 2005
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G. †Bagaraatan Osmólska 1996
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Bagaraatan ostromi Osmólska 1996
G. †Bistahieversor Carr and Williamson 2010
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Bistahieversor sealeyi Carr and Williamson 2010
G. †Calamosaurus Lydekker 1891
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Calamosaurus foxi Lydekker 1889
G. †Dilong Xu et al. 2004
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Dilong paradoxus Xu et al. 2004
G. †Dryptosaurus Marsh 1877
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Invalid names: Laelaps Cope 1866 [synonym]
G. †Eotyrannus Hutt et al. 2001
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Eotyrannus lengi Hutt et al. 2001
G. †Jinbeisaurus Wu et al. 2020
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Jinbeisaurus wangi Wu et al. 2020
G. †Juratyrant Brusatte and Benson 2013
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Juratyrant langhami Benson 2008
G. †Labocania Molnar 1974
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Labocania anomala Molnar 1974
G. †Moros Zanno et al. 2019
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Moros intrepidus Zanno et al. 2019
Fm. †Proceratosauridae Rauhut et al. 2010
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G. †Guanlong Xu et al. 2006
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Guanlong wucaii Xu et al. 2006
G. †Kileskus Averianov et al. 2010
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Kileskus aristotocus Averianov et al. 2010
G. †Proceratosaurus Huene 1926
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Proceratosaurus bradleyi Woodward 1910
G. †Sinotyrannus Ji et al. 2009
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Sinotyrannus kazuoensis Ji et al. 2009
G. †Yutyrannus Xu et al. 2012
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Yutyrannus huali Xu et al. 2012
G. †Raptorex Sereno et al. 2009
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Raptorex kriegsteini Sereno et al. 2009
G. †Santanaraptor Kellner 1999
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Santanaraptor placidus Kellner 1999
G. †Stokesosaurus Madsen 1974
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Stokesosaurus clevelandi Madsen 1974
G. †Suskityrannus Nesbitt et al. 2019
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Suskityrannus hazelae Nesbitt et al. 2019
G. †Teihivenator Yun 2017
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Teihivenator macropus Cope 1868
G. †Theroplantigrada Casanovas Cladellas et al. 1993
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Theroplantigrada encisensis Casanovas Cladellas et al. 1993
G. †Timimus Rich and Vickers-Rich 1994
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Timimus hermani Rich and Vickers-Rich 1994
G. †Timurlengia Brusatte et al. 2016
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Timurlengia euotica Brusatte et al. 2016
Fm. †Tyrannosauridae Osborn 1906 [tyrannosaurid]
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G. †Albertosaurus Osborn 1905 [Alberta lizard]
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Invalid names: Albertosaurus arctunguis Parks 1928 [synonym]
G. †Gorgosaurus Lambe 1914
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Gorgosaurus libratus Lambe 1914
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Invalid names: Dryptosaurus kenabekides Hay 1899 [synonym], Gorgosaurus sternbergi Matthew and Brown 1922 [synonym], Laelaps falculus Cope 1876 [synonym], Laelaps hazenianus Hay 1902 [synonym], Laelaps incrassatus Cope 1876 [synonym]
G. †Tarbosaurus Maleev 1955
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Tarbosaurus bataar Maleev 1955
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Invalid names: Albertosaurus periculosus Riabinin 1930 [synonym], Gorgosaurus lancinator Maleev 1955 [synonym], Gorgosaurus novojilovi Maleev 1955 [synonym], Shanshanosaurus huoyanshanensis Dong 1977 [synonym], Tarbosaurus efremovi Maleev 1955 [synonym], Tyrannosaurus luanchuanensis Dong 1979 [synonym]
Invalid names: Jenghizkhan Olshevsky 1995 [synonym], Maleevosaurus Carpenter 1992 [synonym], Shanshanosaurus Dong 1977 [synonym]
Subfm. †Tyrannosaurinae Matthew and Brown 1922 [tyrannosaurine]
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G. †Alioramus Kurzanov 1976
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Alioramus remotus Kurzanov 1976
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Invalid names: Alioramus altai Brusatte 2009 [synonym]
Alioramus sinensis Lü et al. 2014
Invalid names: Qianzhousaurus Lü et al. 2014 [synonym]
Unr. †Daspletosaurini Voris et al. 2020
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G. †Daspletosaurus Russell 1970
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Daspletosaurus horneri Carr et al. 2017
Daspletosaurus torosus Russell 1970
Daspletosaurus wilsoni Warshaw and Fowler 2022
G. †Thanatotheristes Voris et al. 2020
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Thanatotheristes degrootorum Voris et al. 2020
G. †Dynamoterror McDonald et al. 2018
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Dynamoterror dynastes McDonald et al. 2018
G. †Lythronax Loewen et al. 2013
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Lythronax argestes Loewen et al. 2013
G. †Nanuqsaurus Fiorillo and Tykoski 2014
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Nanuqsaurus hoglundi Fiorillo and Tykoski 2014
G. †Teratophoneus Carr et al. 2011
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Teratophoneus curriei Carr et al. 2011
G. †Tyrannosaurus Osborn 1905 [tyrant lizard]
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Tyrannosaurus mcraeensis Dalman et al. 2023
Tyrannosaurus rex Osborn 1905 [tyrant lizard king]
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Invalid names: Albertosaurus megagracilis Paul 1988 [synonym], Aublysodon molnaris Paul 1988 [synonym], Dynamosaurus imperiosus Osborn 1905 [synonym], Manospondylus gigas Cope 1892 [synonym], Nanotyrannus lancensis Gilmore 1946 [synonym], Tyrannosaurus imperator Paul et al. 2022 [synonym], Tyrannosaurus regina Paul et al. 2022 [synonym]
Invalid names: Dinotyrannus Olshevsky 1995 [synonym], Dynamosaurus Osborn 1905 [synonym], Manospondylus Cope 1892 [synonym], Nanotyrannus Bakker et al. 1988 [synonym], Stygivenator Olshevsky 1995 [synonym], Tyrannosauripus Lessertisseur 1955 [nomen nudum], Tyrannosaurus turpanensis Zhai et al. 1978 [nomen dubium]
G. †Zhuchengtyrannus Hone et al. 2011
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Zhuchengtyrannus magnus Hone et al. 2011
Invalid names: Shanshanosaurinae Olshevsky 1995 [synonym], Tarbosaurini Olshevsky et al. 1995 [empty], Tyrannosaurini Olshevsky et al. 1995 [empty], Tyrannosaurus zhuchengensis Hu et al. 2001 [nomen dubium]
Unr. †Tyrannosauripodidae McCrea et al. 2014
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G. †Bellatoripes McCrea et al. 2014
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Bellatoripes fredlundi McCrea et al. 2014
G. †Tyrannosauripus Lockley and Hunt 1994
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Tyrannosauripus pillmorei Lockley and Hunt 1994
G. †Yezosaurus Muramoto and Obata 1977
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Yezosaurus mikasaensis Caldwell et al. 2008
Invalid names: Albertosaurinae Currie et al. 2003 [empty], Aublysodon Leidy 1868 [nomen dubium], Deinodontidae Brown 1914 [synonym], Ornithomimus grandis Marsh 1890 [nomen dubium]
G. †Xiongguanlong Li et al. 2009
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Xiongguanlong baimoensis Li et al. 2009
Invalid names: Alioramini Lü et al. 2014 [empty], Chingkankousaurus Young 1958 [nomen nudum], Deinodon Leidy 1856 [nomen dubium], Diplotomodon Leidy 1868 [nomen dubium], Tomodon horrificus Leidy 1865 [nomen dubium], Tyrannosaurus lanpingensis Yeh 1975 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available