Tyrannosaurinae
subfamily · Matthew and Brown 1922 · accepted · extinct
37 descendant taxa · 212 fossil sites · 40 formations · 7 countries
Lived when
Cretaceous – Paleogene
89.8–66 million years ago
Found where
7 countries
40 rock formations
Fossil record
212 sites
52 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 24 million years, from 89.8 to 66 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 66 million years old — that is roughly 220 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Tyrannosaurinae was named in 1922 (Matthew and Brown 1922) — 104 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 7 countries and 40 named rock formations.
- 52 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 37 named taxa, including 18 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).