His name is Fluffy.
Posted on 02/12/2020 9:25:04 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper
A new species of tyrannosaur that stalked North America around 80 million years ago has been discovered by scientists in Canada.
The dinosaur lived in the late Cretaceous Period, making it the oldest known tyrannosaur from North America.
Another species of tyrannosaur, a Daspletosaurus, was found in Canada in 1970, a study says.
Researchers say the new discovery has given them insights into the evolution of tyrannosaurs.
Standing roughly 8ft (2.4m) tall, the predator would have cut an intimidating figure.
Like its tyrannosaur relatives, the carnivorous dinosaur had a long, deep snout, bumps on its skull and large steak-knife-like teeth measuring more than 7cm (2.7in) long.
The predator's name - Thanatotheristes degrootorum - translates to "Reaper of Death" from the Greek.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
Bttt for future paleontologists!
Yeah all these variants of dinos seem to me to be paleontologists trying to get some cred.
Lumpers vs. splitters.
Some things never change.
And not just in paleontology.
Now I know why I’ve never trusted Canucks.
The article mentioned that the critter was "roughly 8ft (2.4m) tall," with "bumps on its skull," which prompts the question - did 'The Three Stooges' ever have a fourth, taller, companion?
"Reaper of Death" sounds more like a professional wrestler, or the name of a doomsday comet in a grade-B sci-fi movie...
Has any tyrannosaur species been named the Barneyosaurus yet?
It really isn’t a new species if it went extinct 450 million years ago, is it?
not that i know of- nor has any species of woolly mammoth been named snuffleuffagus either, which is a shame
His name is Fluffy.
They have to avoid the name Snuffleuffagus for fear of a lawsuit from George Snuffleuffagus the Clintonista.
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