Daspletosaurus Russell 1970 (tyrannosaurine)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Tyrannosauridae

Full reference: D. A. Russell. 1970. Tyrannosaurs from the Late Cretaceous of western Canada. National Museum of Natural Sciences, Publications in Paleontology 1:1-34

Parent taxon: Daspletosaurini according to J. T. Voris et al. 2020

See also Barsbold 1983, Carpenter 1992, Carr 1995, Carr 1999, Carr et al. 2017, Carr et al. 2005, Carr et al. 2011, Carroll 1988, Clemens 1986, Currie 1987, Currie 1992, Currie 2000, Currie 2000, Currie 2003, Currie et al. 2003, Currie et al. 2003, Currie et al. 2005, Dalman 2013, Dalman et al. 2018, Dodson 1983, Eberth 1997, Eberth et al. 2001, Erickson et al. 2004, Gauthier 1986, Holtz 1997, Holtz 1998, Holtz 2001, Holtz 2004, Kurzanov 1976, Kurzanov 1989, Lawson 1976, Li et al. 2009, Longrich 2008, Lü et al. 2014, Molnar 1978, Molnar 1980, Molnar 1980, Molnar 1991, Molnar et al. 1990, Padian 1997, Paul 1988, Paulina Carabajal and Currie 2012, Rauhut 2003, Russell 1970, Russell 1984, Sereno 1998, Smith 2007, Thulborn 1984, Urban and Lamanna 2006 and Yun 2020

Sister taxon: Thanatotheristes

Subtaxa: Daspletosaurus horneri Daspletosaurus torosus Daspletosaurus wilsoni

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Canada (9: Alberta collections), United States (10: Montana, New Mexico, Wyoming)

Total: 19 collections each including a single occurrence

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