Dryptosaurus was a carnivore. It lived in the Cretaceous period and inhabited North America. Its fossils have been found in places such as New Jersey, Wyoming and Texas.
Quick facts about Dryptosaurus:
- Existed from 113 million years ago to 66 million years ago
- Lived in a terrestrial habitat
- Was a carnivore
- Reproduced by laying eggs
- 16 different specimens have been found by paleontologists
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Dryptosaurus was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- D. W. Krause and D. Baird. 1979. Late Cretaceous Mammals East of the North American Western Interior Seaway. Journal of Paleontology 53(3):562-565
- E. D. Cope. 1866. [On the remains of a gigantic extinct dinosaur, from the Cretaceous Green Sand of New Jersey]. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 18:275-279
- F. Bukowski. 1980. Cretaceous fossils from New Jersey and Delaware. Earth Science 33(2):55-60
