Laelaps explanatus, 1876

Cope ED, 1876, Descriptions of some vertebrate remains from the Fort Union beds of Montana, Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 28, pp. 248-261 : 249

Laelaps explanatus , sp. nov.

An abundant species, but as yet represented onily by teeth which are about the size of those of the largest of living Varanidae .

The crowns are strongly compressed and curved; one side is flat, the other gently convex; the posterior cutting edge is median and concave. The anterior edge is not continued to the base of the crown, and disappears before attaining the apex; it is feebly denticulate, and only at its conivex curvature towards the apex; its course is mediani. The flat face has a slight bevel to the posterior edge. Surface smooth, without transverse unidulations.