Dinosauria›Reptilia
Dryptosaurus Dryptosaurus aquilunguis (Cope 1866)
/ˌdrɪptoʊˈsɔːrəs/
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · 83.6–66 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
carnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
solitary
Where It Was Found
Country
United States
Region
New Jersey
Formations
New Egypt · Merchantville
Dig sites
2
distinct collections
Overview
Dryptosaurus aquilunguis is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 83.6–66.0 million years ago. It was a carnivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and solitary. Fossils have been recovered from New Jersey, United States. It was named by (Cope 1866). The species is represented by 2 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~8%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 2 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Dryptosaurus aquilunguis sits in deep time
Dryptosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Dryptosaurus aquilunguis's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.