Kryptops
| Kryptops | |
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| Skeletal diagram showing the holotype maxilla of the upper jaw in place, the postcrania is based on remains that cannot be confidently attributed to the animal. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Family: | †Abelisauridae |
| Genus: | †Kryptops Sereno & Brusatte, 2008 |
| Type species | |
| †Kryptops palaios Sereno & Brusatte, 2008
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Kryptops is a
Stephen Brusatte in 2008. The genus name means "covered face", in reference to evidence that the face bore a tightly adhering covering. The type species
is K. palaios, which means "old".
Discovery
The
Eocarcharia dinops).[2]
See also
References
- ^ .
- S2CID 85354215.