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Diplotomodon
Fossil range: Late Cretaceous
Scientific classification

Kingdom:

Animalia

Phylum:

Chordata

Class:

Sauropsida

Superorder:

Dinosauria

Order:

Saurischia

Suborder:

Theropoda

Superfamily:

?Tyrannosauroidea

Genus:

Diplotomodon

Species:

D. horrificus
Leidy, 1865

Diplotomodon (meaning "double cutting tooth") Leidy, 1868 was a dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of New Jersey. It is only known from a single tooth, and may in fact be Dryptosaurus.

Joseph Leidy originally described the tooth using the name 'Tomodon', but the name was pre-occupied and he changed it in 1868. Only the type species, Diplotomodon [=Tomodon] horrificus (Leidy, 1865) has been described.

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Tyrannoskull
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