Zapsalis
Zapsalis is a genus of dromaeosaurine theropod dinosaurs. It is a tooth taxon, often considered dubious because of the fragmentary nature of the fossils, which include teeth but no other remains.
| Zapsalis Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, | |
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| Tooth of cf. Zapsalis from the Milk River Formation, with close up of denticles | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Family: | †Dromaeosauridae |
| Clade: | †Eudromaeosauria |
| Subfamily: | †Dromaeosaurinae |
| Genus: | †Zapsalis Cope, 1876 |
| Type species | |
| †Zapsalis abradens Cope, 1876 | |
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