References / paperTyrannosaur Paleobiology: New Research on Ancient Exemplar Organisms
Brusatte, S.L.; Norell, M.A.; Carr, T.D.; Erickson, G.M.; Hutchinson, J.R.; Balanoff, A.M.; Bever, G.S.; Choiniere, J.N.; Makovicky, P.J.; Xu, X.
Year2010
Source rolesystematic-review
DOI / ID10.1126/science.1193304
Fitness and scope
taxonomy · topology · range · morphology · ecology · biogeography
Systematic synthesis of tyrannosaur anatomy, growth, biomechanics and evolutionary radiation; family-wide statements remain review-bounded.
Claim ledger
taxonomy · mediumTyrannosauridae is represented by a systematic synthesis of its sampled anatomy, growth and biomechanics; family-wide patterns are review-bounded and do not turn Tyrannosaurus into a proxy for every member or set exact range endpoints.
claim:taxon:tyrannosauridaefossil-range · mediumTyrannosauridae is displayed at 84–66 Ma only as the review-bounded sampled family record, not exact global origination or extinction. The interval is a source-bounded sample window, not a global FAD, LAD, divergence date, continuous occupancy claim or direct-ancestor assertion.
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