Tyrannosaurid
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Tyrannosaurid is a noun meaning (zoology) Any dinosaur in the family Tyrannosauridae.
Meaning
(zoology) Any dinosaur in the family Tyrannosauridae.
Example Sentences
Similarly, the North American tyrannosaurid, Aublysodon, is reported from east Asia.
Most famous for the last and largest member of the clade, Tyrannosaurus rex, tyrannosaurids at first glance seem very far removed from the ostrichlike ornithomimosaurs.
Once again, Phil Currie says it definitely was a tyrannosaurid, most closely related, by braincase comparison, to Tarbosaurus. Chingkankousaurus fragilis was named by C. C. Yang in China in 1958.
Word Forms
- tyrannosaurids
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include tyrannosaurine, tyrannosauroid, titanosaurid, tyrannoraptoran, tyrannosaur, therizinosaurid.
Related Dictionary Tools
Sources & Attribution
FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.