Daspletosaurus facts for kids
Quick facts for kids DaspletosaurusTemporal range: Upper Cretaceous
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Daspletosaurus
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Daspletosaurus ("frightful lizard") was a tyrannosaurid theropod dinosaur that was 26-33 feet (8-10 m) long and weighed perhaps 2-3 tons (3000 kg).
It had tiny horns behind its eyes and its arms were a bit longer than those of T. rex. It may have been an ancestor of Tyrannosaurus. This bipedal meat-eater lived in marshes by streams in what is now Alberta, Canada, during the Upper Cretaceous period, 76-72 million years ago. It may have preyed upon Triceratops. It was named by D.A. Russell in 1970. The type species is D. torosus.
- It is possible to buy an original skeleton legally. Dinosaur sanctuary. [1]
Images for kids
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The D. torosus holotype specimen mounted at the Canadian Museum of Nature.
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Originally believed to be a specimen of Gorgosaurus, this skull was later sold to the Field Museum and is now reassigned to Daspletosaurus
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D. horneri holotype skull from Montana in Museum of the Rockies
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Restoration of D. torosus
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Restoration
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Dinosaur Park specimen (FMNH PR308), mounted at the Field Museum
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Daspletosaurus horneri skeletal mount at the Museum Center at Union Terminal
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Two D. torosus models in the Canadian Museum of Nature
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Daspletosaurus skull with bite marks from another tyrannosaur
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A graph showing the hypothesized growth curves (body mass versus age) of four tyrannosaurids. Daspletosaurus is shown in green, based on Erickson et al., 2004
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Growth series of D. horneri
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D. torosus skeleton cast in the Rocky Mountain Dinosaur Resource Center based on a nearly complete specimen from Montana's Judith River Formation.
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Skull of a juvenile D. horneri
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Restoration of Daspletosaurus feeding on a juvenile ceratopsian
See also
In Spanish: Daspletosaurus para niños
