Tyrannosaurinae

It has been suggested that Daspletosaurini be merged into this article. (Discuss) Proposed since April 2024.

Tyrannosaurinae Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 81.9–66 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Skull of Alioramus.
Skull of Tyrannosaurus.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Dinosauria
Clade:	Saurischia
Clade:	Theropoda
Family:	†Tyrannosauridae
Subfamily:	†Tyrannosaurinae Osborn, 1906
Type genus
†Tyrannosaurus Osborn, 1905
Subgroups[3]
†Asiatyrannus[1] †Bistahieversor? †Nanuqsaurus †Raptorex? † Alioramini? †Alioramus †Qianzhousaurus † Daspletosaurini †Daspletosaurus †Thanatotheristes † Teratophoneini[2] †Dynamoterror †Lythronax †Teratophoneus † Tyrannosaurini[2] †Tarbosaurus †Tyrannosaurus †Zhuchengtyrannus

Tyrannosaurinae (sometimes referred to as tyrannosaurines) is one of the two extinct subfamilies of Tyrannosauridae, a family of coelurosaurian theropods that consists of at least three tribes and several genera. All fossils of these genera have been found in the Late Cretaceous deposits of western North America and east Asia. Compared to the related subfamily Albertosaurinae, tyrannosaurines overall are more robust and larger though the alioramins were gracile by comparison. This subfamily also includes the oldest known tyrannosaurid genus Lythronax as well as the youngest and most famous member of the group, Tyrannosaurus rex. There were at least 30 different species of tyrannosaurines.