Re: Skull of Daspletosaurus torosus

[chris brochu <cbrochu@fmppr.fmnh.org>]

The Russell reference Tom posted has been republished, for example in
the Carnosauria chapter in *The Dinosauria*.  There's also a
reconstruction in Bakker et al's "Nanotyrannus" description, but IIRC it
looks much like Russell's.

Photos of the skull, however, are available, albeit not very large
ones.  See, for example, Plate 6 (p. 9) in:

Sternberg, C. M. 1946.  Canadian dinosaurs.  National Museum of Canada
Bulletin 103:1-20.

chris



Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. wrote:
> 
> At 07:53 PM 7/1/99 -0700, Larry Dunn wrote:
> >What published source has the best and most accurate
> >illustrations of the reconstructed skull of
> >_Daspletosaurus torosus_?
> 
> Russell's 1970 paper on tyrannosaurs of western Canada (in which
> _Daspletosaurus_ was named) gives a lateral, ventral, and palatal view of
> the skull.
> 
> Russell, D. A. 1970. Tyrannosaurs from the Late Cretaceous of western
> Canada. Natl. Mus. Nat. Sci. Publ. Palaeontol. 1: 1-34.
> 
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