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Dromaeosaurus explanatus
Taxonomy
Laelaps explanatus was named by Cope (1876). Its type specimen is AMNH 3958, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil.
It was recombined as Deinodon explanatus by Lambe (1902), Lambe (1905), Brown (1914), Russell (1964); it was recombined as Dryptosaurus explanatus by Hay (1902), Steel (1970); it was recombined as Dromaeosaurus explanatus by Hay (1930), Kuhn (1939); it was considered a nomen dubium by Makovicky and Norell (2004).
It was recombined as Deinodon explanatus by Lambe (1902), Lambe (1905), Brown (1914), Russell (1964); it was recombined as Dryptosaurus explanatus by Hay (1902), Steel (1970); it was recombined as Dromaeosaurus explanatus by Hay (1930), Kuhn (1939); it was considered a nomen dubium by Makovicky and Norell (2004).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1876 | Laelaps explanatus Cope |
| 1877 | Laelaps explanatus Cope p. 316 |
| 1901 | Laelaps explanatus Nopcsa p. 199 |
| 1902 | Dryptosaurus explanatus Hay p. 488 |
| 1902 | Deinodon explanatus Lambe p. 49 |
| 1905 | Deinodon explanatus Lambe p. 48 |
| 1914 | Deinodon explanatus Brown p. 378 |
| 1930 | Dromaeosaurus explanatus Hay p. 181 |
| 1939 | Dromaeosaurus explanatus Kuhn p. 49 |
| 1964 | Deinodon explanatus Russell p. 10 |
| 1970 | Dryptosaurus explanatus Steel p. 31 |
| 1997 | Laelaps explanatus Ryan p. 442 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
†Dromaeosaurus explanatus Cope 1876
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Holtz et al. 2000, Marsh 1875, Peczkis 1995 | |||||
Age range: Early/Lower Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Cenomanian | Uzbekistan (Navoi) | Laelaps explanatus (58208) |