page_title: Teratophoneus
section_title: Classification
hierarchical_section_title: Teratophoneus / Classification
caption_attribution_description: English: Teratophoneus
context_page_description: Teratophoneus is a genus of carnivorous tyrannosaurid theropod dinosaur which lived during the late Cretaceous period in what is now Utah, United States, containing a single known species, T. curriei. It is known from an incomplete skull and postcranial skeleton recovered from the Kaiparowits Formation. It was specifically named T. curriei in honor of Philip J. Currie.
context_section_description: Loewen et al. (2013) conducted a phylogenetic analysis of the family Tyrannosauridae, and confirmed the assignment of Teratophoneus to the tyrannosaurid sub-family Tyrannosaurinae. They concluded that Teratophoneus was closely related to both Tarbosaurus and Tyrannosaurus, but placed in a more basal position within the family, though more derived than Daspletosaurus.
   
   
  Below is the cladogram based on the phylogenetic analysis conducted by Loewen et al. in 2013.
caption: Life restoration
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