AMNH 5027

E364287

Tyrannosaurus rex specimen fossil specimen vertebrate paleontology specimen

AMNH 5027 is the famous nearly complete Tyrannosaurus rex skull and partial skeleton housed at the American Museum of Natural History, serving as a key reference specimen for the species.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
AMNH 5027 canonical	1
Tyrannosaurus rex holotype specimen AMNH 5027	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Tyrannosaurus rex specimen ⓘ fossil specimen ⓘ vertebrate paleontology specimen ⓘ
approximateAgeInMillionsOfYears	66 ⓘ
belongsToClade	Coelurosauria ⓘ Theropoda ⓘ Tyrannosauroidea ⓘ
city	New York City ⓘ
class	Reptilia ⓘ
collectionCode	AMNH Vertebrate Paleontology ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
displayStatus	on public display ⓘ
family	Tyrannosauridae ⓘ
fossilType	body fossil ⓘ
genus	Tyrannosaurus ⓘ
geologicAge	Maastrichtian ⓘ
geologicTime	Late Cretaceous ⓘ
hasPart	nearly complete skull ⓘ partial postcranial skeleton ⓘ
housedIn	American Museum of Natural History ⓘ surface form: Fossil Halls of the American Museum of Natural History
institutionCode	American Museum of Natural History ⓘ surface form: AMNH
isIndividualOf	Tyrannosaurus ⓘ surface form: Tyrannosaurus rex
isReferenceSpecimenFor	Tyrannosaurus rex cranial morphology ⓘ Tyrannosaurus rex dental morphology ⓘ Tyrannosaurus rex skull reconstruction ⓘ
kingdom	Animalia ⓘ
locatedIn	American Museum of Natural History ⓘ surface form: American Museum of Natural History, New York
material	fossilized bone ⓘ
notableFor	exceptionally well-preserved skull ⓘ nearly complete dentition ⓘ public exhibition at a major natural history museum ⓘ
order	Saurischia ⓘ
phylum	Chordata ⓘ
preservation	three-dimensional ⓘ
repository	American Museum of Natural History ⓘ
role	exhibit specimen ⓘ research specimen ⓘ
scientificImportance	benchmark for T. rex skull measurements ⓘ frequently illustrated in scientific literature ⓘ key reference specimen for Tyrannosaurus rex ⓘ widely photographed and reproduced in popular media ⓘ
specificEpithet	rex ⓘ
suborder	Theropoda ⓘ
taxon	Tyrannosaurus ⓘ surface form: Tyrannosaurus rex
usedIn	biomechanical analyses of T. rex bite force ⓘ comparative studies of tyrannosaurid skulls ⓘ functional morphology research ⓘ systematic and taxonomic studies of Tyrannosaurus ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tyrannosaurus → hasHolotypeSpecimen → AMNH 5027 ⓘ

Barnum Brown → hasPartInCollection → AMNH 5027 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tyrannosaurus rex holotype specimen AMNH 5027