Zapsalis
Extinct genus of dinosaurs / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Zapsalis is a genus of dromaeosaurine theropod dinosaurs. It is a tooth taxon, often considered dubious because of the fragmentary nature of the fossils, which include teeth but no other remains.
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Zapsalis | |
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Tooth of cf. Zapsalis from the Milk River Formation, with close up of denticles | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | Theropoda |
Family: | †Dromaeosauridae |
Clade: | †Eudromaeosauria |
Subfamily: | †Dromaeosaurinae |
Genus: | †Zapsalis Cope, 1876 |
Type species | |
†Zapsalis abradens Cope, 1876 |
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