Daspletosaurus horneri Carr et al. 2017 (tyrannosaurine)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Tyrannosauridae

Full reference: T. D. Carr, D. J. Varricchio, J. C. Sedlmayr, E. M. Roberts, and J. R. Moore. 2017. A new tyrannosaur with evidence for anagenesis and crocodile-like facial sensory system. Scientific Reports 7:44942:1-11

Belongs to Daspletosaurus according to T. D. Carr et al. 2017

See also Dalman et al. 2018, McDonald et al. 2018, Titus et al. 2021 and Yun 2020

Sister taxa: Daspletosaurus torosus, Daspletosaurus wilsoni

Type specimen: MOR 590, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Blacktail Creek North, MOR TM-072, which is in a Campanian crevasse splay mudstone in the Two Medicine Formation of Montana.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (4: Montana collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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