The Tyrant Lizard King, Queen and Emperor: Multiple Lines of Morphological and Stratigraphic Evidence Support Subtle Evolution and Probable Speciation Within the North American Genus Tyrannosaurus
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Paul, Gregory S.
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Iv, W. Scott Persons
Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences, College of Charleston, 202 Calhoun St, Charleston, SC 29401, USA
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Van Raalte, Jay
3100 St. Paul St. 604, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
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Evolutionary Biology
2022
2022-03-01
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s11692-022-09561-5
journal article
10.1007/s11692-022-09561-5
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Tyrannosaurus regina
sp. nov.
(Morphotype III)
Etymology
: Tyrant lizard queen.
Holotype
:
USNM 555000
Referred specimens
:
exBHI 3033
,
MOR 980
,
LACM 23485
,
LL 12823
,
TMP 81.6.1
,
LACM 23845
.
Age and stratigraphy
: Latest Maastrichtian, upper and possibly middle Hell Creek and Lance, Ferris, Denver, Frenchman, Willow Creek, Scollard.
Diagnosis
: Generally gracile with an adult femur-length/ circumference ratio over 2.4, usually one slender anterior incisiform dentary tooth.
Geographic distribution
: Montana, Colorado, Dakotas, Wyoming, Alberta, Saskatchewan.