Massive dinosaur fossil unearthed by Alberta pipeline crew
Monday 28th March 2022Massive dinosaur fossil unearthed by Alberta pipeline crew
Thanatotheristes degrootorum
A new large tyrannosaur from Alberta, a predatory dinosaur whose name means “reaper of death,” was found by palaeontologists from the University of Calgary and the Royal Tyrrell Museum.
The 79-million-year-old fossil, named Thanatotheristes, is the oldest tyrannosaur reported from northern North America and the first new tyrannosaur species found in Canada in 50 years, according to the research team’s report.
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