tyrannosaurid

English

Noun

tyrannosaurid (plural tyrannosaurids)

  1. (zoology) Any dinosaur in the family Tyrannosauridae.
    • 1965, David Jay Simmons, The non-therapsid reptiles of the Lufeng Basin, Yunnan, China, page 84:
      Similarly, the North American tyrannosaurid, Aublysodon, is reported from east Asia.
    • 1993, John R. Horner, The Complete T. Rex, page 134:
      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.
    • 2003, Gregory Paul, The Scientific American Book of Dinosaurs‎, page 155:
      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.
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