Genus: Daspletosaurus RUSSELL, 1970
Etymology: Greek, dasplet-(dasples) “frightful” and Greek, sauros “lizard”, Frightful lizard.

Species: torosus RUSSELL, 1970
Etymology:

Referred material:

Locality: Badlands of the Red Deer River just west of Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta Province, Canada.

Horizon: Dinosaur Park Formation, upper Judith River Group.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Judithian age, Middle Campanian Stage, middle Senonian subepoch, upper Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.

Material:

RTMP 85.62.1: Fragmentary skull and fragmentary skeleton.
Note: Has face bites (TANKE & CURRIE, (1998) 2000)

 

CURRIE, 2003

Locality: Milk River, Alberta Province, Canada.

Horizon: Oldman Formation, middle Judith River Group.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Judithian age, Middle Campanian Stage, Senonian subepoch, Upper Gulf epoch, Late Cretaceous.

Material:

RTMP 2001.36.1: Skull and skeleton.

Note: Has erosive lesions, probably from Trichomonas gallinae-like protozoan on the dentary (WOLFF, SALISBURY, HORNER & VARRICCHIO, 2009) . Lesion description: Round to slit-shaped, tapered edges, remodelled.

Note: Has evidance of face bitting (WOLFF, SALISBURY, HORNER & VARRICCHIO, 2009) .

 


TANKE & CURRIE, (1998) 2000, HONE & TANKE, 2015

Locality: Dinosaur Provincial Park, Quarry 215, Alberta Province, Canada.

Horizon: Dinosaur Park Formation, upper Judith River Group.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Judithian age, Middle Campanian Stage, middle Senonian subepoch, upper Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.

Material:

RTMP 1994.143.0001: A partially disarticulated skull, and partial skeleton of an immature individual.
Note: Pathology, at least 50 dental and osseious lesions or abnormalities. Osteomyelitic bones on left quadrates, 2 holes and a large patch of osteomelities on right surangular.

Note: Has erosive lesions, probably from Trichomonas gallinae-like protozoan on the dentary (WOLFF, SALISBURY, HORNER & VARRICCHIO, 2009) . Lesion description: Slit-shaped, tapered edges, remodelled.

Note: Has evidence of face bitting (WOLFF, SALISBURY, HORNER & VARRICCHIO, 2009, HONE & TAKE, 2015).

Note: Possible bite traces after death on teh skull, and dentary.