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Dinosaur

Daspletosaurus

Tyrannosaurid

Daspletosaurus is the heavy-built Campanian tyrannosaurid of Alberta and Montana, ancestral or close to Tyrannosaurus. Shed teeth from the Judith River and Two Medicine formations are sold as Daspletosaurus or simply 'Tyrannosauridae'; they cannot be told from Gorgosaurus teeth with confidence, so honest dealers say so. Teeth are robust with chisel-shaped denticles.

PhylumChordata
ClassReptilia
OrderSaurischia
FamilyTyrannosauridae
GroupDinosaur
Rank (PBDB)genus· Paleobiology Database
AuthorRussell 1970· Paleobiology Database
Classification (PBDB)Chordata › Reptilia › NO_ORDER_SPECIFIED › Tyrannosauridae· Paleobiology Database
Range (PBDB)83.6–66 Ma· Paleobiology Database
PBDB occurrences21· Paleobiology Database

Photographs

Daspletosaurus — Daspletosaurus torosus Russell 1970, NON-TYPE (NHMUK PV R 4863)
Daspletosaurus torosus Russell 1970, NON-TYPE (NHMUK PV R 4863) — © The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London, Natural History Museum (London) Data Portal, CC BY 4.0

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Cite this article

Stratum Study. "Daspletosaurus" (Taxon). Stratum Study pack 2026.09, as of 2026-09-19. https://stratum.black/study/taxa/daspletosaurus. Accessed 2026-09-20.

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@misc{stratum-daspletosaurus,
  title        = {Daspletosaurus},
  author       = {{Stratum Study}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://stratum.black/study/taxa/daspletosaurus}},
  year         = {2026},
  note         = {Taxon article, Stratum Study pack 2026.09, as of 2026-09-19; sources: stratum, pbdb, wikidata, commons, nhm. Accessed 2026-09-20.}
}

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