Deinodon explanatus, Cope. (sp.)
Plate XV, figs. 11 and 12.
Laelaps explanatus, Cope. 1876. Proa. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadel., vol. xxviii, p. 249.
A small tooth agreeing with Cope's description. The posterior concave edge is minutely denticulated throughout its length. The convex edge, in its apical half, is still more minutely serrate. One side is almost flat, the other gently convex.
| Measurements. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | ||||
| Length | from | centre of base to apex | .012 | |
| _ Diameter | at | (antero-posterior base 1 l transverse | .006. _.003 | |
Belly River series, Red Deer river, 1901. Many small teeth of the Megalosauroid type have been collected from these beds. Probably some of them Will be found to belong to other species of this genus described by Cope.