Tyrannosaurus rex

Summary

Tyrannosaurus rex is a fossil taxon^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (307 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Tyrannosaurus rex's image is recorded as Tyrannosaurus-rex-Profile-steveoc86.png^[3].
• Tyrannosaurus rex's image is recorded as Palais de la Decouverte Tyrannosaurus rex p1050042.jpg^[4].
• Tyrannosaurus rex's image is recorded as Baby T-rex 0496.JPG^[5].
• Tyrannosaurus rex's image is recorded as Sues skeleton white background.jpg^[6].
• Tyrannosaurus rex's instance of is recorded as fossil taxon^[7].
• Tyrannosaurus rex's taxon rank is recorded as species^[8].
• Tyrannosaurus rex's parent taxon is recorded as Tyrannosaurus^[9].
• Tyrannosaurus rex's taxon name is recorded as Tyrannosaurus rex^[10].
• Tyrannosaurus rex's subclass of is recorded as dinosaur^[11].
• Tyrannosaurus rex's subclass of is recorded as Тheropoda^[12].
• Tyrannosaurus rex's Commons category is recorded as Tyrannosaurus^[13].
• Tyrannosaurus rex's taxonomic type is recorded as CM 9380^[14].
• Tyrannosaurus rex's Unicode character is recorded as 🦖^[15].
• Tyrannosaurus rex's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 436495^[16].
• Tyrannosaurus rex's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph376358^[17].
• Tyrannosaurus rex's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 4433638^[18].
• Tyrannosaurus rex's BioLib taxon ID is recorded as 125821^[19].
• Tyrannosaurus rex's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 54833^[20].
• Tyrannosaurus rex's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4822633^[21].
• Tyrannosaurus rex's Commons gallery is recorded as Tyrannosaurus^[22].
• Tyrannosaurus rex's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as animal/Tyrannosaurus-rex^[23].
• Tyrannosaurus rex's has characteristic is recorded as taxon redescription^[24].
• Tyrannosaurus rex's ZooBank ID for name or act is recorded as D7D6DF08-5B63-4810-926D-AA0920D76FE5^[25].
• Tyrannosaurus rex's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'T rex'}^[26].
• Tyrannosaurus rex's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'T-rex'}^[27].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for Tyrannosaurus rex include Campagna T-Rex^[28], a car^[29].

Why It Matters

Tyrannosaurus rex ranks in the top 2% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (307 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30] It is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[31]

Entities named for it include Campagna T-Rex^[28], a car^[29].