Juratyrant, Brusatte & Benson, 2013

Brusatte, Stephen L. & Benson, Roger B. J., 2013, The systematics of Late Jurassic tyrannosauroid theropods from Europe and North America, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 58 (1), pp. 47-54 : 52

Genus Juratyrant nov.

Type species: Juratyrant langhami Benson, 2008 ; see below.

Etymology: “Jura” refers to the Jurassic age of the taxon and “tyrant” is an Anglicized version of the Greek “tyrannos” and Latin “tyrannus,” in reference to the vernacular characterization of tyrannosauroids as “tyrant dinosaurs” (based on the original etymology of Tyrannosaurus rex ).

Diagnosis.—Same as for the type and only known species.