Genus
Valid Extinct

Teratophoneus

Carr et al. 2011
Etymology Monstre tueur, du Grec ''Teratos'', (un monstre) et ''phoneus'', (meurtrier, tueur) en référence à l’activité supposée prédatrice de ce dinosaure.

Teratophoneus is a genus of tyrannosaurine theropod dinosaur that lived during the late Campanian age of the Late Cretaceous period, in what is now Utah. It contains a single known species, T. curriei, named in honor of paleontologist Philip J. Currie. It is known from an incomplete skull and postcranial skeleton recovered from the Kaiparowits Formation.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
3
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore Ground dwelling, solitary Terrestrial
Teratophoneus
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Teratophoneus curriei, adult (left) and juvenile (right), on display at the Natural History Museum of Utah, Salt Lake City. © Jens Lallensack · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia
Teratophoneus
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Theropoda Unranked clade
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Neotheropoda Unranked clade
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Averostra Unranked clade
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Tetanurae Unranked clade
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Coelurosauria Unranked clade
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Tyrannosauroidea Superfamily
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Tyrannosauridae Family
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Tyrannosaurinae Subfamily
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Teratophoneini Unranked clade
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Teratophoneus Genus
Measurements
Length
6,4 m ⓘ
Teratophoneus curriei
Mass
1 150 kg ⓘ
Teratophoneus curriei
Fossil sites 3 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇺🇸 United States
3
Geological formations
Kaiparowits
3
Temporal distribution
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
3
Species (1)
Teratophoneus curriei 84 Ma
Images 6
Bibliography
Original description
T. D. Carr, T. E. Williamson, and B. B. Britt, K. L. Stadtman. 2011. Evidence for high taxonomic and morphologic tyrannosauroid diversity in the Late Cretaceous (Late Campanian) of the American Southwest and a new short-skulled tyrannosaurid from the Kaiparowits Formation of Utah. Naturwissenschaften 98(3):241-246 DOI ↗
Bibliography (3)
A. L. Titus, K. Knoll, and J. J. W. Sertich, D. Yamamura, C. A. Suarez, I. J. Glasspool, J. E. Ginouves, A. K. Lukacic, E. M. Roberts. 2021. Geology and taphonomy of a unique tyrannosaurid bonebed from the upper Campanian Kaiparowits Formation of southern Utah: implications for tyrannosaurid gregariousness. PeerJ 9:e11013:1-50 DOI ↗
M. A. Loewen, R. B. Irmis, and J. J. W. Sertich, P. J. Currie, S. D. Sampson. 2013. Tyrant dinosaur evolution tracks the rise and fall of Late Cretaceous oceans. PLoS ONE 8(11):e79420 DOI ↗
T. D. Carr, T. E. Williamson, and B. B. Britt, K. L. Stadtman. 2011. Evidence for high taxonomic and morphologic tyrannosauroid diversity in the Late Cretaceous (Late Campanian) of the American Southwest and a new short-skulled tyrannosaurid from the Kaiparowits Formation of Utah. Naturwissenschaften 98(3):241-246 DOI ↗