What is Daspletosaurus?
{{italictitle}} {{Taxobox | name = ''Daspletosaurus'' | fossil_range = [[Middle to Late Cretaceous]] | image = FMNH Daspletosaurus.jpg | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | classis = [[Reptile|Sauropsida]] | superordo = [[Dinosaur]]ia | ordo = [[Saurischia]] | subordo = [[Theropoda]] | familia = [[Tyrannosauridae]] | genus = '''''Daspletosaurus torosus''''' }} '''''Daspletosaurus''''' was a large meat-eating [[dinosaur]] that was 26-33 feet (8-10 m) long and weighed perhaps 2-3 tons (3000 kg). It had tiny, horn-like ornaments behind its eyes, and its arms were a bit longer than those of its more famous relative ''[[T. rex]]''. It may have been an ancestor of ''[[Tyrannosaurus]]''. This bipedal hunter lived in [[marsh]]es by [[stream]]s in what is now [[Alberta]], [[Canada]], during the [[Middle Cretaceous]] period, 76-72 million years ago. It may have preyed upon [[Triceratops]]. It was named by D.A. Russell in 1970. In both [[Dinosaur Planet]] and [[Planet Dinosaur]], ''Daspletosaurus'' was identified as its original species, ''Daspletosaurus horneri''. In the [[Dinosaur King]] television series, it was named as ''Daspletosaurus torosus''. == Popular media == ''Daspletosaurus'' has appeared in some TV series, novels and movies for a long time. For example, it appeared in Planet Dinosaur, where it was inaccurately portrayed as a medium-sized dinosaur. Also to this, it appeared both in Dinosaur Planet and Dinosaur King. It also appeared in another series, [[Primal (TV series)|Primal]], where it was called as a ''Tyrannosaurus'' and named Fang. ''Daspletosaurus'' has appeared in movies such as [[The Land Before Time X: The Great Longneck Migration]], where in those movies, is also named as ''Tyrannosaurus''. It has appeared inactive in novels such as [[Carnosaur (novel)|Carnosaur]], [[Bones of the Earth]], [[Journey to the Center of the Earth]] and [[The Lost World]]. == Other websites == *It is possible to buy an original skeleton legally. ''Dinosaur sanctuary''. [http://dinosaursanctuary.com/saurischian.html] {{Webarc