Tyrannosaurus

extinct genus of theropod dinosaurs
Taxon fossil_taxon Q14332
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Tyrannosaurus

Summary

Tyrannosaurus is a fossil taxon[1]. Tyrannosaurus ranks in the top 0.072% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15,908 views/month, #7 of 9,701).[2]

Key Facts

  • Tyrannosaurus's instance of is recorded as fossil taxon[3].
  • Tyrannosaurus is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Tyrannosaurus is classified within Tyrannosaurini[5].
  • Tyrannosaurus's location of discovery is recorded as Canada[6].
  • Tyrannosaurus's location of discovery is recorded as Hell Creek Formation[7].
  • Tyrannosaurus's scientific name is Tyrannosaurus[8].
  • Tyrannosaurus's Commons category is recorded as Tyrannosaurus[9].
  • Tyrannosaurus's Unicode character is recorded as 🦖[10].
  • Tyrannosaurus's temporal range start is recorded as Maastrichtian[11].
  • Tyrannosaurus's temporal range end is recorded as Maastrichtian[12].
  • Tyrannosaurus began on -68000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[13].
  • Tyrannosaurus ended on -66000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[14].
  • Tyrannosaurus's IPA transcription is recorded as taɪˈɹænəˈsoɹəs[15].
  • Tyrannosaurus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Tyrannosaurus[16].
  • Tyrannosaurus's Commons gallery is recorded as Tyrannosaurus[17].
  • Tyrannosaurus's main food source is recorded as carnivore[18].
  • Tyrannosaurus is commonly known as {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'تيرانوصور'}[19].
  • Tyrannosaurus is commonly known as {'lang': 'sgs', 'text': 'Tiranuozaurs'}[20].
  • Tyrannosaurus is commonly known as {'lang': 'bg', 'text': 'Тиранозавър'}[21].
  • Tyrannosaurus is commonly known as {'lang': 'br', 'text': 'Tiranosaor'}[22].
  • Tyrannosaurus is commonly known as {'lang': 'ca', 'text': 'Tiranosaure'}[23].
  • Tyrannosaurus is commonly known as {'lang': 'el', 'text': 'Τυραννόσαυρος'}[24].
  • Tyrannosaurus is commonly known as {'lang': 'eo', 'text': 'Tiranosaŭro'}[25].
  • Tyrannosaurus is commonly known as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Tiranosaurio'}[26].
  • Tyrannosaurus is commonly known as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Tyrannilisko'}[27].

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Classification

Tyrannosaurus's scientific name is Tyrannosaurus[8]. Tyrannosaurus is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Tyrannosaurus is classified within Tyrannosaurini[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'تيرانوصور'}[19], {'lang': 'sgs', 'text': 'Tiranuozaurs'}[20], {'lang': 'bg', 'text': 'Тиранозавър'}[21], {'lang': 'br', 'text': 'Tiranosaor'}[22], {'lang': 'ca', 'text': 'Tiranosaure'}[23], and {'lang': 'el', 'text': 'Τυραννόσαυρος'}[24].

Identifiers

Tyrannosaurus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 436494[28]. Tyrannosaurus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 4433634[29]. Tyrannosaurus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4822631[30].

Why It Matters

Tyrannosaurus ranks in the top 0.072% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15,908 views/month, #7 of 9,701).[2] Tyrannosaurus has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] Tyrannosaurus is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . nhm.ac.uk. nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [28] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [29] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [30] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [15] . wikidata.org.
  17. [16] . wikidata.org.
  18. [17] . wikidata.org.
  19. [18] . nhm.ac.uk. nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [19] . wikidata.org.
  21. [20] . wikidata.org.
  22. [21] . wikidata.org.
  23. [22] . wikidata.org.
  24. [23] . wikidata.org.
  25. [24] . wikidata.org.
  26. [25] . wikidata.org.
  27. [26] . wikidata.org.
  28. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Location of discovery Canada, Hell Creek Formation
    End time
    End time -66000000-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Topic's main category Category:Tyrannosaurus
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007558898505171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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