Aublysodon
Aublysodon mirandus
Pronounced:
ow - Bly - so - don
Diet:
Carnivore (Meat-Eater)
Name Means:
"Backwards Tooth"
Length:
13 feet (4 m)
Height:
5 feet (1.7 m)
Weight:
330 pounds (150 kilos)
Time:
Late Cretaceous - 80 million years
ago
Fossil remains for this Dinosaur have been found in
Western North America
Forty years before Tyrannosaurus rex
was discovered, Aublysodon was thought to have been the fiercest North American
hunter of the late Cretaceous.
It was a member of the tyrannosaur
family and in fact, this smaller
dinosaur has been mistaken for a young
T. rex. Its name comes from the shape of
its teeth.
Beginning in the 1960s, new material
attributed to Aublysodon was uncovered,
providing a more complete view of this
dinosaur. An almost complete anterior
skull was discovered, as well as
numerous skeletal remains. There are now
at least two other species assigned to
this genus. |
