†family Tyrannosauridae Osborn 1906 (tyrannosaurid)
Full reference: H. F. Osborn. 1906. Tyrannosaurus, Upper Cretaceous carnivorous dinosaur. (Second communication.). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 22(16):281-296
Parent taxon: Tyrannosauroidea according to T. D. Carr et al. 2011
Sister taxa: Alectrosaurus, Appalachiosaurus, Aviatyrannis, Bagaraatan, Bistahieversor, Calamosaurus, Dilong, Dryptosaurus, Eotyrannus, Guanlong, Juratyrant, Labocania, Proceratosauridae, Raptorex, Santanaraptor, Stokesosaurus, Timimus, Xiongguanlong, Yutyrannus
Subtaxa: Albertosaurinae, Albertosaurus, Sinotyrannus, Tyrannosaurinae, Tyrannosauripus, Yezosaurus
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore