[D] Dryptosaurus aquilunguis [T]
Describer
Cope, 1866
Time
Cretaceous Late Maastrichtian
Classification
Saurischia Theropoda Incertae Sedis \\\"Carnosaurs\\\"
Diet
Carnivore
Fossilsite
New Egypt Formation, Glouchester County, New Jersey, US
Fall Under
Dryptosaurus
Length
6 meter
Info
Typespecies
Dryptosaurus (Marsh, 1877) > Dryptosaurus aquilunguis (Cope, 1866) = Laelaps aquilunguis (Cope, 1866)
Partial skeleton.
The material is poorly preserved and needs restudy. The sacrals are not fused, suggesting that they derive from an immature individual [Cope, 1871]. Among the distinctive features are the large manuel ungual I and slender hindlimb elements [Russell, 1970] The taxonomic position of D.aquilunguis is unclear.
Holotype
ANSP 9995] [6.4 m; ~750 kg; adult] maxillary fragment, maxillary tooth, angular?, dentary fragment, two dentary teeth, mid caudal vertebra [115 mm], mid caudal vertebra [115 mm], mid caudal vertebra [120 mm], mid caudal vertebra [117 mm], distal caudal vertebra[115 mm], distal caudal vertebra [104 mm], distal caudal vertebra [109 mm], distal caudal vertebra [97 mm], distal caudal vertebra [73 mm], humeri [~290 mm], phalanx I-1 [120 mm], manual ungual I [242 mmon curve], phalanx II-2 [151 mm], phalanx ?-? [48 mm], pubic shafts, partial ischium, femur [770 mm], tibia [775 mm], partial fibula, astragalus missing ascending pr. [160 mm wide] ?[AMNH 2438] partial fibula, metatarsal IV [397 mm] [Huene, 1932]