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 C. C. Coppock et al. 2025

See also Carr et al. 2017, 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 Canada (1: Alberta collection), United States (5: Montana)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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