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Daspletosaurus Russell 1970

Description

Daspletosaurus Russell, 1970.

Revised diagnosis. Tyrannosaurine diagnosed by the presence of a distinct mediolateral ridge along the dorsal margin of the epipterygoid fossa of the laterosphenoid and prominent interlocking bony papillae on the mandibular symphysis. In addition, the following features can be used to diagnose Daspletosaurus with the caveat that these cannot be currently assessed in Thanatotheristes: accessory cornual process of lacrimal; dorsal margin of maxillary process of lacrimal concealed in lateral view; cornual process of postorbital approaches laterotemporal fenestra; dorsal squamosal contact with postorbital terminates posterior to the anterior margin of the laterotemporal fenestra; anteroposterior ridge along nasal process of frontal; ventral keel on vomer; posterior pneumatic foramen of palatine positioned posterior to the anterior margin of the vomeroptergoid neck (see Carr et al., 2017).

Notes

Published as part of Voris, Jared T., Therrien, François, Zelenitsky, Darla K. & Brown, Caleb M., 2020, A new tyrannosaurine (Theropoda: Tyrannosauridae) from the Campanian Foremost Formation of Alberta, Canada, provides insight into the evolution and biogeography of tyrannosaurids, pp. 1-15 in Cretaceous Research 110 (104388) on page 3, DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2020.104388, http://zenodo.org/record/3672003

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References

  • Russell, D. A., 1970. Tyrannosaurs from the Late Cretaceous of western Canada. National Museum of Natural Sciences Publications in Palaeontology No. 1. Queen' s Printer, Ottawa, Ont., pp. 1 e 34
  • Carr, T. D., Varricchio, D. J., Sedlmayr, J. C., Roberts, E. M., Moore, J. R., 2017. A new tyrannosaur with evidence for anagenesis and crocodile-like facial sensory system. Scientific Reports 7, 1 e 11. https: // doi. org / 10.1038 / srep 44942.