| Daspletosaurus | |
|---|---|
 Daspletosaurus attacking Centrosaurus | |
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Size |
9 metres |
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Meaning of name |
Frightful lizard |
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Location of discovery |
North America |
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Time period |
Late Cretaceous |
Daspletosaurus (meaning "Frightful Lizard") was a tyrannosaur from the Late Cretaceous of North America. It was about nine meters long. Daspletosaurus probably fed on the ceratopsian Centrosaurus and the hadrosaur Hypacrosaurus. It was described by Russell in 1970.
