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Tyrannosaurus imperator Paul, Iv & Raalte, 2022, sp. nov.
- 1. 3100 St. Paul St. 604, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
- 2. Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences, College of Charleston, 202 Calhoun St, Charleston, SC 29401, USA
Description
Tyrannosaurus imperator sp. nov. (Morphotype 1)
Etymology: Tyrant lizard emperor
Holotype: FMNH PR2081
Referred specimens: BHI 4182, BHI 6231, 6248, HMN MB.R.91216, MOR 1125, MOR 1128, RGM 792.000, SDSM 12047, TCM2001.90.1, TMT v2222, NMNNH P-3698?
Age and Stratigraphy: Late Maastrichtian, lower, lower middle and possibly middle Hell Creek and Lance, Laramie, Arapahoe, McRae? North Horn? Javelina?
Geographic distribution: Montana, Dakotas, Wyoming, New Mexico? Texas? Utah?
Diagnosis: Generally robust with an adult femur-length/ circumference ratio of 2.4 or less; usually two slender anterior incisiform dentary teeth.
Notes
Published as part of Paul, Gregory S., Iv, W. Scott Persons & Van Raalte, Jay, 2022, The Tyrant Lizard King, Queen and Emperor: Multiple Lines of Morphological and Stratigraphic Evidence Support Subtle Evolution and Probable Speciation Within the North American Genus Tyrannosaurus, pp. 156-179 in Evolutionary Biology 49 (2) on page 19, DOI: 10.1007/s11692-022-09561-5, http://zenodo.org/record/6323344
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Related works
- Is part of
- Journal article: 10.1007/s11692-022-09561-5 (DOI)
- Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/6323344 (URL)
- Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFA1FFDFFFA3DE45FFFCFFEFFFFFC721 (URL)
- Is source of
- https://sibils.text-analytics.ch/search/collections/plazi/039887A7FFB1DE57FCB3FD82FB97C376 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- BHI , FMNH , HMN , MOR , NMNNH , RGM , SDSM , TCM , TMT
- Family
- Tyrannosauridae
- Genus
- Tyrannosaurus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Material sample ID
- BHI 4182 , BHI 6231 , BHI 6248 , FMNH PR2081 , HMN MB.R.91216 , MOR 1125 , MOR 1128 , NMNNH P-3698? , RGM 792.000 , SDSM 12047 , TCM2001.90.1 , TMT v2222
- Order
- Dinosauria
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Scientific name authorship
- Paul & Persons & Van Raalte
- Species
- imperator
- Taxonomic status
- sp. nov.
- Taxon rank
- species
- Type status
- holotype
- Taxonomic concept label
- Tyrannosaurus imperator Paul, Iv & Raalte, 2022