[D] Laelaps macropus
Describer
Cope, 1869
Time
Cretaceous Late Campanian Maastrichtian
Classification
Saurischia Theropoda Incertae Sedis \\\"Carnosaurs\\\" Nomina Dubia
Diet
Carnivore
Fossilsite
US
Fall Under
Dryptosaurus macropus
Info
Pedal remains
Dryptosaurus macropus (Cope, 1869) is a nomen dubium that includes Laelaps macropus and may be synonymus with Ornithomimus antiquus ?.
Ornithomimus antiquus ? (Leidy, 1865) Baird & Horner, 1979 = Coelosaurus antiquus (Leidy, 1865), Dryptosaurus antiquus (Leidy, 1865) Gallagher, 1993, Struthiomimus antiquus (Leidy, 1865).
Work by T.R. Holtz Jr. indicates that Coelosaurus may not be an ornithomimid as determined by Baird & Horner (1979). Gallagher (1993) considered it a dryptosaurid. Since Leidy\\\'s generic name Coelosaurus is preoccupied, a replacement name will have to be created if this species is to be separated into its own genus.