Dryptosaurus
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| Dryptosaurus Temporal range: Upper Cretaceous |
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| A painting of Dryptosaurus by Charles R. Knight |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Superorder: | Dinosauria |
| Order: | Saurischia |
| Suborder: | Theropoda |
| Family: | Dryptosauridae Marsh, 1890 |
| Genus: | Dryptosaurus Marsh, 1877 |
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Dryptosaurus ("tearing lizard") was a theropod dinosaur of the Tyrannosauroidea type. It was found in Upper Cretaceous strata of Eastern North America. It was formerly known as Laelaps.
It was given its name because it had 8-inch (21-cm) long finger claws. Fossils have been found in New Jersey. It is known only from a partial skeleton.
