Dromaeosaurus explanatus Cope 1876

Reptilia - Theropoda - Dromaeosauridae

Alternative combinations: Deinodon explanatus, Dryptosaurus explanatus, Laelaps explanatus

Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1876. Descriptions of some vertebrate remains from the Fort Union Beds of Montana. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 28:248-261

Belongs to Dromaeosaurus according to O. Kuhn 1939

See also Brown 1914, Cope 1876, Cope 1876, Cope 1876, Cope 1877, Cope 1877, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Lambe 1902, Lambe 1905, Makovicky and Norell 2004, Nopcsa 1901, Russell 1964, Ryan 1997 and Steel 1970

Sister taxon: Dromaeosaurus albertensis

Type specimen: AMNH 3958, a tooth

Distribution: found only at SH-20, Khodzhakul (Cretaceous of Uzbekistan)

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