Lythronax

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fossil taxon genus theropod dinosaur tyrannosaurid

Lythronax is a genus of large, carnivorous tyrannosaurid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of North America, notable for being one of the earliest known members of its group.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Lythronax argestes 2
Lythronax canonical 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fossil taxon ⓘ
genus ⓘ
theropod dinosaur ⓘ
tyrannosaurid ⓘ
binomialName Lythronax self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Lythronax argestes
bodySize large ⓘ
class Reptilia ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Tarbosaurus ⓘ
Tyrannosaurus ⓘ
describedBy Alan L. Titus ⓘ
Eric M. Roberts ⓘ
Joseph J. W. Sertich NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mark A. Loewen ⓘ
Philip J. Currie ⓘ
Randall B. Irmis ⓘ
Scott D. Sampson ⓘ
describedIn 2013 ⓘ
diet carnivorous ⓘ
discoveredIn 2009 ⓘ
estimatedLength about 7.5–8 meters ⓘ
estimatedMass approximately 2.5 metric tons ⓘ
family Tyrannosauridae ⓘ
feedingBehavior macropredatory ⓘ
formation Wahweap Formation ⓘ
fossilsFoundIn United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

Utah ⓘ
fossilType partial skeleton ⓘ
geologicalAge Campanian ⓘ
holotypeRepository Natural History Museum of Utah ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
livedIn Western North America ⓘ
surface form: Laramidia

North America ⓘ
locomotion bipedal ⓘ
nameLanguage Greek ⓘ
nameMeaning king of gore ⓘ
notableFor earliest known tyrannosaurine ⓘ
early member of derived tyrannosaurids ⓘ
order Saurischia ⓘ
paleoenvironment coastal floodplain ⓘ
nearshore marine-influenced system ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
skullShape broad snout ⓘ
short, deep skull ⓘ
subfamily Tyrannosaurinae ⓘ
suborder Theropoda ⓘ
superorder Dinosauria ⓘ
taxonRank genus ⓘ
temporalRange Late Cretaceous ⓘ
trophicLevel apex predator ⓘ
typeSpecies Lythronax self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Lythronax argestes

Referenced by (3)

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

Tyrannosauridae → includesTaxon → Lythronax ⓘ
Lythronax → typeSpecies → Lythronax self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lythronax argestes
Lythronax → binomialName → Lythronax self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lythronax argestes