It’s the first new tyrannosaur species to be identified in Canada in 50 years, researchers say
A handout photo made available on Feb. 10, 2020, by the University of Calgary and Royal Tyrrell Museum shows an artist's impression of a Thanatotheristes degrootorum, a newly-discovered tyrannosaur species.A fearsome lizard with a name meaning “reaper of death” is the first new tyrannosaur species to be identified in Canada in 50 years, say researchers with the University of Calgary and the Royal Tyrrell Museum.
“It would have been quite an imposing animal,” he said. “It definitely would have caused some panic.” “To me this is a big discovery and it’s even more exciting because it was made by one of my students.”
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