Tyrannosaurus

Animalia — Chordata

Classis : Sauropsida
Superordo : Dinosauria
Ordo : Saurischia
Subordo : Theropoda
Superfamilia : Tyrannosauroidea
Familia : Tyrannosauridae
Genus : Tyrannosaurus
Osborn, 1905

Tyrannosaurus rex

Tyrannosaurus (e vocibus Graecis τύραννος 'tyrannus' et σαῦρος 'lacerta') est genus dinosauriorum. Praeclara species est Tyrannosaurus rex. Aevo Cretaceo Superiore habitavit in loco qui America Septentrionalis iam appellatur.

Unus ex carnivoribus ingentissimis qui umquam vixerunt, Tyrannosaurus a capite usque ad extremam caudam 12 metra longi fuit. Brachiis 1 metra longis. Dentes mordaces 16 centimetra prominebant. Bipes carnivorus cranium magnum (<1.4m longa) habebat qui magna longaque cauda compensabatur.

"Sue," Tyrannosaurus apud Museum historiae naturalis Field
Tyrannosaurus
Cranium Tyrannosauri

Bibliographia[recensere | fontem recensere]

John R. Horner, Don Lessem: The Complete T. Rex. Simon & Schuster, Novi Eboraci et al. 1993, ISBN 0-671-74185-3.
William L. Abler: The Teeth of the Tyrannosaurs. In: Gregory S. Paul (ed.): The Scientific American book of Dinosaurs. St. Martin's Griffin, Novi Eboraci 2000, ISBN 0-312-26226-4, p. 276–278.
Gregory M. Erickson: Breathing Life into Tyrannosaurus Rex. In: Gregory S. Paul (ed.): The Scientific American book of Dinosaurs. St. Martin's Griffin, Novi Eboraci 2000, ISBN 0-312-26226-4, p. 267–275.
Rebecca R. Hanna: Dinosaurs Got Hurt Too. In: Gregory S. Paul (ed.): The Scientific American book of Dinosaurs. St. Martin's Griffin, Novi Eboraci 2000, ISBN 0-312-26226-4, p. 119–126.
David B. Weishampel, Peter Dodson, Halszka Osmólska (edd.): The Dinosauria. 2. editio. University of California Press, Berkeley CA et al. 2004, ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
Joseph E. Peterson, Karsen N. Daus, "Feeding traces attributable to juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex offer insight into ontogenetic dietary trends" in PeerJ - Life & Environment (4 Martii 2019)