Lythronax

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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.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Lythronax canonical 2
Lythronax argestes 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fossil taxon ⓘ
genus ⓘ
theropod dinosaur ⓘ
tyrannosaurid ⓘ
binomialName Lythronax argestes ⓘ
linked to: Lythronax
bodySize large ⓘ
class Reptilia ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Tarbosaurus ⓘ
Tyrannosaurus ⓘ
describedBy Alan L. Titus ⓘ
Eric M. Roberts ⓘ
Joseph J. W. Sertich ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Utah ⓘ
fossilType partial skeleton ⓘ
geologicalAge Campanian ⓘ
holotypeRepository Natural History Museum of Utah ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
livedIn 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 argestes ⓘ
linked to: Lythronax

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Tyrannosauridae → includesTaxon → Lythronax ⓘ
Lythronax → typeSpecies → Lythronax argestes ⓘ
linked to: Lythronax
Lythronax → binomialName → Lythronax argestes ⓘ
linked to: Lythronax
Tyrannosauroidea → includesTaxon → Lythronax ⓘ