Pronunciation: das-PLEE-toe suh-REE-nee
Author: Vorisa, Therrienb, Zelenitskya and Brown
Year: 2020
Meaning: Daspletosaurus tribe (see etymology)
Locomotion: Bipedal (2 legs)
Synonyms: None known
[Vorisa et al. 2020]Definition
The most inclusive clade that includes all taxa closer to Daspletosaurus torosus than to
Albertosaurus sarcophagus, Alioramus remotus, Teratophoneus curriei, or Tyrannosaurus rex.
About
Click here to view Dinochecker's A-Z list of Daspletosaurinins.
Etymology
Daspletosaurini is derived from the Greek "daspleto" (frightful), "sauros" (lizard) and the Latin suffix "ini" (tribe), named for the group anchor: Daspletosaurus.
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Further reading
• Vorisa JT, Therrienb F, Zelenitskya DK and Brown CM (2020) "A new tyrannosaurine (Theropoda:Tyrannosauridae) from the Campanian Foremost Formation of Alberta, Canada, provides insight into the evolution and biogeography of tyrannosaurids". Cretaceous Research, 110: 104388. DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2020.104388.
