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DRYPTOSAURUS

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PRONUNCIATION:

DRIP-tuh-SAWR-us

TRANSLATION:

Tearing Lizard, or Wounding Lizard

ALSO KNOWN AS:

Laelaps

DESCRIPTION:

Carnivore, Bipedal

ORDER:

Saurischia

SUBORDER:

Theropoda

INFRAORDER:

Tetanurae

MICRO-ORDER:

Carnosauria

SUPERFAMILY:

n/a

FAMILY:

Dryptosauridae

HEIGHT:

9 feet (2.7 meters)

LENGTH:

20 feet (6.1 meters)

WEIGHT:

3,000 pounds (1,360 kg)

PERIOD:

Late Cretaceous