Post by Barry the Baryonyx on Jun 25, 2007 16:03:41 GMT -5
Nanotyrannus lancensis
Nanotyrannus ("tiny tyrant") is a genus of
dinosaur. It was erected in 1988 for a small tyrannosaurid skull, previously described in 1946 (Gilmore) as Albertosaurus lancensis. Initial research indicated that the skull bones were fused, and that it therefore represented an adult specimen. Subsequent work has cast doubt on this and some paleontologists no longer consider it a valid genus. The fossil was a contemporary of Tyrannosaurus rex, and some believe it to be a juvenile T.rex. A find in 2001 was thought to represent the first Nanotyrannus skeleton, but was subsequently found to be a juvenile Tyrannosaurus.
Popular culture
The Quintaglios from Robert J. Sawyer's Quintaglio Ascension Trilogy are a race of highly evolved, sentient Tyrannosaurs descended from Nanotyrannus.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Superorder: Dinosauria
Order: Saurischia
Suborder: Theropoda
Family: Tyrannosauridae
Subfamily: Tyrannosaurinae
Tribe: Tyrannosaurini
Genus: Nanotyrannus
Species: N. lancensis
Nanotyrannus ("tiny tyrant") is a genus of
dinosaur. It was erected in 1988 for a small tyrannosaurid skull, previously described in 1946 (Gilmore) as Albertosaurus lancensis. Initial research indicated that the skull bones were fused, and that it therefore represented an adult specimen. Subsequent work has cast doubt on this and some paleontologists no longer consider it a valid genus. The fossil was a contemporary of Tyrannosaurus rex, and some believe it to be a juvenile T.rex. A find in 2001 was thought to represent the first Nanotyrannus skeleton, but was subsequently found to be a juvenile Tyrannosaurus.
Popular culture
The Quintaglios from Robert J. Sawyer's Quintaglio Ascension Trilogy are a race of highly evolved, sentient Tyrannosaurs descended from Nanotyrannus.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Superorder: Dinosauria
Order: Saurischia
Suborder: Theropoda
Family: Tyrannosauridae
Subfamily: Tyrannosaurinae
Tribe: Tyrannosaurini
Genus: Nanotyrannus
Species: N. lancensis
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