Diplotomodon

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.

ReferencesEdit

• The Theropod Database on Diplotomodon
  

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