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Teratophoneus, the monster killer

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Teratophoneus lived in Laramidia (the isolated Western part of North America) around 75 million years ago. It's a tyrannosaurine, closer to Tyrannosaurus than to other gracile tyrannosaurs like Albertosaurus.

The skeletal incorporates the type specimen, but is based on a second specimen that is more complete and has a lovely skull. Those of you who attended the Laramidia symposium at SVP this year probably can guess more about this specimen.

Edit: Some minor updates to the silhouette to bring it into line with current thoughts on soft-tissue reconstruction.
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The description says it's a member of the Albertosaurus/Gorgosaurus (Albertosaurinae) lineage but all sources I've seen says it's a Tyrannosaurine.