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Daspletosaurus fed on all sorts of Cretaceous dinosaurs like hadrosaurs, and ceratopsians.
 
Daspletosaurus fed on all sorts of Cretaceous dinosaurs like hadrosaurs, and ceratopsians.
 
==Popular Culture==
 
==Popular Culture==
Daspletosaurs held starring roles in episode 3 of the Discovery Channel miniseries, ''Dinosaur Planet''.
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Daspletosaurs held starring roles in episode 3 of the Discovery Channel miniseries, ''Dinosaur Planet''. It also featured in an episode of Dinosaur King.
   
 
[[File:Adas.jpg|thumb|left|160px|A young Daspletosaurus appears on a poster for Dinosaur Planet]]
 
[[File:Adas.jpg|thumb|left|160px|A young Daspletosaurus appears on a poster for Dinosaur Planet]]

Revision as of 17:37, 18 September 2010

Intro

Daspletosaurus is the direct ancestor of the mighty Tyrannosaurus Rex. It lived in the same habitat (except 10 million years earlier), eat the ancestors of T-rex's favourite prey, and was basically a smaller, lighter version of T-rex.

Daspletosauruses

Fact File

Length: 9 meters

Height: 3 meters

Weight: 2.5 tonnes

Diet

Daspletosaurus fed on all sorts of Cretaceous dinosaurs like hadrosaurs, and ceratopsians.

Popular Culture

Daspletosaurs held starring roles in episode 3 of the Discovery Channel miniseries, Dinosaur Planet. It also featured in an episode of Dinosaur King.

Adas

A young Daspletosaurus appears on a poster for Dinosaur Planet