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Deinodon
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 75 MaIllustration of D. horridus teeth Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Superorder: Dinosauria Order: Saurischia Suborder: Theropoda Superfamily: †Tyrannosauroidea Family: †Tyrannosauridae Subfamily: †Deinodontinae
Cope, 1866Genus: †Deinodon
Leidy,Type species †Deinodon horridus
Leidy, 1856Species - †D. horridus Leidy, 1856
- †D. incrassatus (Cope, 1876 [originally Laelaps)
- †D. hazenianus (Cope, 1877 [originally Laelaps)
Deinodon (Latin for "terrible tooth") is a name assigned to tyrannosaurid teeth of the Late Cretaceous of Montana by paleontologist Joseph Leidy in 1856.[1] These were the first tyrannosaurid remains to be described.
Although it is likely that these fossilized teeth belonged to the dinosaur later identified as Gorgosaurus libratus, it is virtually impossible to distinguish between different tyrannosaurid species based on tooth characteristics alone, so Deinodon is today considered a nomen dubium.
List of species and synonyms
Name Author Year Combination author Combination year Status Notes Deinodon horridus Leidy 1856 Leidy 1856 Nomen dubium, type species Deinodon explanatus Cope 1876 Lambe 1902 Reclassified as Dromaeosaurus explanatus Originally Laelaps explanatus Deinodon falculus Cope 1876 Osborn 1902 Reclassified as Dromaeosaurus falculus Originally Laelaps falculus Deinodon incrassatus Cope 1876 Osborn 1902 Nomen dubium Originally Laelaps incrassatus Deinodon lateralis Cope 1876 Hay 1902 Reclassified as Aublysodon lateralis Originally Aublysodon lateralis Deinodon cristatus Cope 1877 Osborn 1902 Synonym of Troodon formosus Originally Aublysodon cristatus Deinodon hazenianus Cope 1877 Osborn 1902 Nomen dubium Originally Laelaps hazenianus Deinodon laevifrons Cope 1877 Osborn 1902 Reclassified as Dromaeosaurus laevifrons Originally Laelaps laevifrons Deinodon amplus Marsh 1892 Hay 1902 Reclassified as Aublysodon amplus Originally Aublysodon amplus Deinodon cristatus Marsh 1892 Hay 1902 Reclassified as Aublysodon cristatus Originally Aublysodon cristatus Deinodon grandis Marsh 1890 Osborn 1916 Reclassified as Aublysodon grandis Originally Ornithomimus grandis Deinodon sarcophagus Osborn 1905 Matthew & Brown 1922 Reclassified as Albertosaurus sarcophagus Originally Albertosaurus sarcophagus Deinodon libratus Lambe 1914 Matthew & Brown 1922 Synonym of Gorgosaurus libratus Originally Gorgosaurus libratus Deinodon arctunguis Parks 1928 Kuhn 1939 Synonym of Albertosaurus sarcophagus Originally Albertosaurus arctunguis Deinodon novojilovi Maleev 1955 Maleev 1964 Synonym of Tarbosaurus bataar Originally Gorgosaurus novojilovi Deinodon sternbergi Matthew & Brown 1923 Kuhn 1965 Synonym of Gorgosaurus libratus Originally Gorgosaurus sternbergi Deinodon periculosus Riabinin 1930 Kuhn 1965 Synonym of Tarbosaurus periculosus Originally Albertosaurus periculosus Deinodon lancensis Gilmore 1946 Kuhn 1965 Reclassified as Nanotyrannus lancensis Originally Gorgosaurus lancensis Deinodon lancinator Maleev 1955 Kuhn 1965 Synonym of Tarbosaurus bataar Originally Gorgosaurus lancinator Deinodon kenabekides Hay 1899 Olshevsky 1995 Synonym of Deinodon horridus Originally Dryptosaurus kenabekides See also
Categories:- Cretaceous dinosaurs
- Dinosaurs of North America
- Tyrannosaurs
- Nomina dubia
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