tyrannosaurid
Noun
Meaning
tyrannosaurid (plural tyrannosaurids)
(zoology) Any dinosaur in the family Tyrannosauridae.
Examples
As a tyrannosaurid, Albertosaurus was a bipedal predator with tiny, two-fingered hands and a massive head that had dozens of large, sharp teeth.
However, tyrannosaurid forelimbs were extremely small for their body size and retained only two digits.
"Dinosaur renaissance" main Paleontologist Robert T. Bakker with mounted skeleton of a tyrannosaurid ( Gorgosaurus libratus The field of dinosaur research has enjoyed a surge in activity that began in the 1970s and is ongoing.