Tyrannosaurus
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See also: tyrannosaurus
Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek τύραννος (túrannos, “tyrant”) + σαῦρος (saûros, “lizard”).
Proper noun
†Tyrannosaurus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Tyrannosauridae – tyrannosaurs.
Synonyms
- (genus): Dynamosaurus
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Reptilia – class; Eureptilia, Romeriida – clades; Diapsida – subclass; Archosauromorpha – infraclass; Archosauria – division; Ornithodira – subsection; Dinosauria – superorder; Saurischia – order; Eusaurischia - taxon; Theropoda - suborder; Tetanurae - infraorder; Avetheropoda, Coelurosauria - taxon; †Tyrannosauroidea - superfamily; Tyrannosauridae - family; Tyrannosaurinae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus): Tyrannosaurus rex - type species; Tyrannosaurus bataar (formerly Tarbosaurus bataar) - other species
Translations
tyrannosaur — see tyrannosaur
References
Tyrannosaurus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Tyrannosaurus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Tyrannosaurus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Tyrannosaurus at Paleobiology Database
