imperator

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Joining the king in the genus Tyrannosaurus would be the bulkier and older emperor, T. imperator, and the slimmer queen, T. regina.

From New York Times • Jul. 25, 2022

Tupandactylus imperator was a bird-like creature, with a wingspan of around 10 feet, and a large flat protrusion on their head, called a sagittal crest, that stuck up vertically like a shark fin.

From Salon • Apr. 26, 2022

The fossil, described on Wednesday in a new study in Nature, is a pterosaur called Tupandactylus imperator that was found in the Early Cretaceous limestone of Brazil’s Crato Formation.

From Scientific American • Apr. 20, 2022

Earlier this year, a trio of paleontologists proposed that some of the fossils labeled T. rex are different species and should get new names—T. regina and T. imperator.

From Slate • Apr. 2, 2022

Significant in this respect was his revival of the praenomen imperator, which had been neglected by the successors of Augustus.

From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly