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uncommon
Dryptosaurus
Dryptosaurus aquilunguis
Era: CretaceousDiet: CarnivorousPeriod: Late CretaceousSize: 6.4mWeight: 1500kg
This dinosaur was originally named Laelaps by Edward Drinker Cope. His rival Othniel Charles Marsh realised that this name was already being used for a mite and renamed the dinosaur Dryptosaurus in 1877