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Dryptosaurus (/ˌdrɪptoʊˈsɔːrəs/ DRIP-toh-SOR-əs; meaning "tearing lizard") is a genus of theropod dinosaur that lived in the present-day East Coast of the United States during the Late Cretaceous period. The type, and only, species, D. aquilunguis was described by Edward Drinker Cope in 1866 as Laelaps aquilunguis, however the genus name was preoccupied…
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
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| Dryptosaurus | is a | member of Eutyrannosauria | 0.90 | text |
| Baird | instance of | some papers | 0.80 | text |
| Horner | instance of | some papers | 0.80 | text |
| a distally elongated articular surface for the metatarsal V on IV | instance of | Dryptosaurus and the Merchantville taxon share several characteristics in their metatarsal anatomy | 0.80 | text |
| the lack of a diaphysial bulge on the metatarsal III for articulation with II | instance of | Dryptosaurus and the Merchantville taxon share several characteristics in their metatarsal anatomy | 0.80 | text |
| IV | instance of | Dryptosaurus and the Merchantville taxon share several characteristics in their metatarsal anatomy | 0.80 | text |
| and more that are absent in any other eutyrannosaurs | instance of | Dryptosaurus and the Merchantville taxon share several characteristics in their metatarsal anatomy | 0.80 | text |
| Dryptosaurus | related to Description | Like | 0.60 | section |
| Dryptosaurus | related to Description | Eotyrannus | 0.60 | section |
| Dryptosaurus | related to Description | Tyrannosaurus | 0.60 | section |
| Dryptosaurus | related to Description | Its | 0.60 | section |
| Dryptosaurus | related to Description | Brusatte | 0.60 | section |
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