Daspletosaurus
| Daspletosaurus Temporal range: Middle to Late Cretaceous
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| Genus: | Daspletosaurus torosus
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Daspletosaurus was a large meat-eating dinosaur that was 26-33 feet (8-10 m) long and weighed perhaps 2-3 tons (3000 kg).
It had tiny, horn-like ornaments behind its eyes, and its arms were a bit longer than those of its more famous relative T. rex. It may have been an ancestor of Tyrannosaurus. This bipedal hunter lived in marshes by streams in what is now Alberta, Canada, during the Middle Cretaceous period, 76-72 million years ago. It may have preyed upon Triceratops. It was named by D.A. Russell in 1970. In both Dinosaur Planet and Planet Dinosaur, Daspletosaurus was identified as its original species, Daspletosaurus horneri. In the Dinosaur King television series, it was named as Daspletosaurus torosus.
Popular media
[change | change source]Daspletosaurus has appeared in some TV series, novels and movies for a long time. For example, it appeared in Planet Dinosaur, where it was inaccurately portrayed as a medium-sized dinosaur. Also to this, it appeared both in Dinosaur Planet and Dinosaur King. It also appeared in another series, Primal, where it was called as a Tyrannosaurus and named Fang.
Daspletosaurus has appeared in movies such as The Land Before Time X: The Great Longneck Migration, where in those movies, is also named as Tyrannosaurus. It has appeared inactive in novels such as Carnosaur, Bones of the Earth, Journey to the Center of the Earth and The Lost World.
Other websites
[change | change source]- It is possible to buy an original skeleton legally. Dinosaur sanctuary. [1] Archived 2016-03-25 at the Wayback Machine
