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Albertosaurines, or dinosaurs of the subfamily Albertosaurinae, lived in the Late Cretaceous of United States and Canada. The subfamily was first used by Philip J. Currie , Jørn H. Hurum , and Karol Sabath as a group of tyrannosaurid dinosaurs.
The type species is Albertosaurus sarcophagus and the specific name is derived from the Ancient Greek term σαρκοφάγος (sarkophagos), meaning "flesh-eating", and having the same etymology as the funeral container with which it shares its name, which is a combination of the Greek words σαρξ/ sarx ("flesh") and φαγειν / phagein ...
Like albertosaurines, tyrannosaurines also had heterodont dentition, large heads design to catch and kill their prey, and short didactyl arms. Based on the growth stages of Tyrannosaurus (and possibly Tarbosaurus [20]), tyrannosaurines undergone ontogenetic changes from gracile or slender, semi-longirostrine immatures to robust, heavy-headed ...
Tyrannosaurus rex Jurassic Park: Michael Chrichton: the first T-Rex to be cloned by InGen Tyrone Tyrannosaurus rex: Tyrone the Horrible: Hans Wilhelm: A green T-Rex who always bullies Boland and other dinosaurs, though Boland finds a means to end his menace. No name Unknown Danny and the Dinosaur, Syd Hoff: First published by Harper & Brothers ...
On August 12, 1990, Susan Hendrickson -- a fossil hunter -- discovered three huge bones protruding out of a cliff near Faith, South Dakota. Those burned turned out to be part of the largest ever T ...
Its name is a combination of Bloss (the name of a local fossil hunter) and awesome. [175] Bucky TCM 2001.90.1 Children's Museum of Indianapolis: Tyrannosaurus rex: Late Cretaceous: Named after Bucky Derflinger who discovered it. Bucky the T. rex: Casper Statens Naturhistoriske Museum [176] [177] Tyrannosaurus rex: Casper the T. rex: Chinley ...
Tyrannosaurus (/ t ɪ ˌ r æ n ə ˈ s ɔː r ə s, t aɪ-/) [a] is a genus of large theropod dinosaur. The type species Tyrannosaurus rex (rex meaning 'king' in Latin), often shortened to T. rex or colloquially T-Rex, is one of the best represented theropods.
Mounted skeletons of Tyrannosaurus (left) and Apatosaurus (right) at the AMNH. Dinosaurs are a diverse group of reptiles of the clade Dinosauria. They first appeared during the Triassic period, between 243 and 233.23 million years ago, although the exact origin and timing of the evolution of dinosaurs is the subject of active research.