Dinosaurs · Large theropod
Daspletosaurus
Say it dass-PLEE-toe-SORE-us. The name means ‘frightful lizard’.
- Length
- 9 m
- Diet
- Meat-eater
- When
- Late Cretaceous76 to 74 million years ago
- Fossils found in
- Canada
- Named by
- Russell (1970)
- Family tree
- Dinosauria › Saurischia › Theropoda › Tyrannosauroidea › Tyrannosauridae › Tyrannosaurinae
Large theropods. Big two-legged meat-eaters, such as Tyrannosaurus. See all 63
Lived at the same time
- Albertosaurus · same country
- Centrosaurus · same country
- Chasmosaurus · same country
- Chirostenotes · same country
- Corythosaurus · same country
- Dromaeosaurus · same country
- Edmontonia · same country
- Edmontosaurus · same country
Other large theropods
- Albertosaurus Late Cretaceous
- Abelisaurus Late Cretaceous
- Dromiceiomimus Late Cretaceous
- Ornithomimus Late Cretaceous
- Tarbosaurus Late Cretaceous
- Gorgosaurus Late Cretaceous
- Rajasaurus Late Cretaceous
- Alioramus Late Cretaceous
Source: Daspletosaurus in the Natural History Museum Dino Directory, read 12 November 2026. Sizes are the museum's estimates for a typical adult. "Lived at the same time" lists dinosaurs whose dates overlap, which does not always mean they met.