| Tyrannosaurus rex Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 67–65.5 Ma | |
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| Skeleton cast, Royal Tyrell Museum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauria |
| Family: | †Tyrannosauridae |
| Tribe: | †Tyrannosaurini Osborn, 1906 |
| Genus: | †Tyrannosaurus Osborn, 1905 |
| Species: | †T. rex |
| Binomial name | |
| Tyrannosaurus rex Osborn, 1905 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Other names[]
"King of the Dinosaurs", T. rex.
Genus synonymy
- Manospondylus
Cope, 1892 - Dynamosaurus
Osborn, 1905 - Nanotyrannus?
Bakker, Williams & Currie, 1988 - Stygivenator
Olshevsky, 1995 - Dinotyrannus
Olshevsky, 1995
Species synonymy
- Manospondylus gigas
Cope, 1892 - Aublysodon amplus?
Marsh, 1892 - Deinodon amplus?
(Marsh, 1892) - Manospondylus amplus?
(Marsh, 1892) - Stygivenator amplus?
(Marsh, 1892) - Tyrannosaurus amplus?
(Marsh, 1892) - Aublysodon cristatus?
Marsh, 1892 - Deinodon cristatus?
(Marsh, 1892) - Stygivenator cristatus?
(Marsh, 1892) - Dynamosaurus imperiosus
Osborn, 1905 - Tyrannosaurus imperiosus
(Osborn, 1905) - Gorgosaurus lancensis?
Gilmore, 1946 - Albertosaurus lancensis?
(Gilmore, 1946) - Aublysodon lancensis?
(Gilmore, 1946) - Deinodon lancensis?
(Gilmore, 1946) - Nanotyrannus lancensis?
(Gilmore, 1946) - Stygivenator molnari
(Paul, 1988) - Dinotyrannus megagracilis
Olshevsky, 1995
Description[]
Similar species[]
Behaviour[]
Diet[]
Tyrannosaurus rex was a carnivore, and so only ate meat.
Calls[]
Reproduction[]
Distribution/habitat[]
Tyrannosaurus rex lived across what is now western North America.
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