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Dryptosaurus

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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related to Discovery and species · 57
Dryptosaurus → Academy, American, American Museum, American Philosophical Society, AMNH FARB, An, ANSP, August, Barnsboro, Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, Bone Wars, Brusatte, Central Park, Cope, Cope's, Despite, During, Edward Drinker Cope, Ferdinand Van Hayden, Geological Survey
related to Modern classification · 40
Dryptosaurus → Appalachia, Appalachian, Appalachiosaurus, Arctic Ocean, Bayesian, Below, Brownstein, Delaware, Dryptosauridae, Due, Eutyrannosauria, Gulf, Hell Creek, However, II, III, Iren Dabasu Formation, IV, Jinbeisaurus, Laramidia
related to Paleoecology · 35
Dryptosaurus → Additionally, Appalachia, Atlantic Coast Plain, Aublysodon, Brownstein, Cope, Despite, England, Hadrosaurus, However, Iguanodon, In, Laramidian, Late Cretaceous, Megalosaurus, Merchantville, Mining, Monmouth Group, Moros, Navesink Formation
related to Historic classification · 33
Dryptosaurus → Allosauridae, Allosaurus, American, Antrodemus, Barnum Brown, Between, Charles Gilmore, Coelosaurus, Coeluridae, Cope, Creosaurus, Deinodon, Deinodontidae, Dryptosauridae, Due, Elaphrosaurus, European, Friedrich, He, Henry Osborn
related to Indeterminate remains · 22
Dryptosaurus → Albertosaurus, ANSP, Appalachiosaurus, Baird, Brownstein, Campanian-aged Tar Heel/Coachman Formation, Donald Baird, Eutyrannosauria, He, Horner, Hypsibema, In, In December, In February, It, John, Marshalltown Formation, North Carolina, Tar Heel/Coachman Formation, They
related to Description · 13
Dryptosaurus → AMNH FARB, ANSP, Brusatte, Each, Eotyrannus, I-1, II-2, III, Its, IV, Like, The, Tyrannosaurus
related to Leaping Laelaps · 13
Dryptosaurus → AMNH, By, Charles, Dinosaur Renaissance, Edward Drinker Cope, Henry Fairfield Osborn, Knight, Knight's, Laelaps, Leaping Laelaps, Megalosaurus, The, This
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Dryptosaurus → member of Eutyrannosauria

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a distally elongated articular surface for the metatarsal V on IVinstance ofDryptosaurus and the Merchantville taxon share several characteristics in their metatarsal anatomy0.80text
the lack of a diaphysial bulge on the metatarsal III for articulation with IIinstance ofDryptosaurus and the Merchantville taxon share several characteristics in their metatarsal anatomy0.80text
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and more that are absent in any other eutyrannosaursinstance ofDryptosaurus and the Merchantville taxon share several characteristics in their metatarsal anatomy0.80text
Dryptosaurusrelated to DescriptionLike0.60section
Dryptosaurusrelated to DescriptionEotyrannus0.60section
Dryptosaurusrelated to DescriptionTyrannosaurus0.60section
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Dryptosaurusrelated to DescriptionBrusatte0.60section

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