Dryptosaurus is estimated to have been 7.6 metres (25 ft) long and to have weighed 1.5 to 1.7 tons, although this is based on partial remains of one individual.[1] Like its relative Eotyrannus, Dryptosaurus seems to have had relatively long arms compared to, for example, Tyrannosaurus, and the hands are believed to have had three fingers. Each of these fingers was tipped by a talonlike 8 inch claw.[2] These claws lend a meaning for the type species aquilunguis: eagle-clawed.