Tyrannosaurus species named 'Reaper of Death' found in Canada

bbc.com ^ | 11 February 2020 | BBC

[Bob434]

[[Tyrannosaurus species named ‘Reaper of Death’ found in Canada]]

Dang it- just once I’d like to see a tyrannosaurus species named “The Stay Puff Marshmallow Dino”

[Berlin_Freeper]

PRIMAL

[BradyLS]

Dopey! Look out!!!

[ocrp1982]

Reaper of Death. A redundancy. Reaper indicates death.
A carnivore standing a mere 8’ in the age of dinosaurs is a midget. It likely had to hunt in packs to be effective. Or, its prey was at the very low end of the food spectrum.

[BenLurkin]

Should have named it Wanheda.

[Berlin_Freeper]

Car-sized turtle fossils unearthed

[fieldmarshaldj]

*ping*

[Berlin_Freeper]

Baby Tambatitanis vs Tyrannosaurus

[right way right]

Reaper of Death was his street name.
Small guy yuuge rep.

[Berlin_Freeper]

A Rare Human Disease Found Hidden in an Ancient Dinosaur Tail Still Plagues Us Today

[Berlin_Freeper]

Lil Reaper of Death

[Bob434]

I nominate the name to be ‘Corn Pop”

[Berlin_Freeper]

Minute by minute – how asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs devastated Earth with 100mph tsunamis and ‘glass bullets

[Eagles6]

Thank God for climate change!

[Berlin_Freeper]

Primal - The Best Animation of 2019

[piasa]

To “reap” is to harvest, commonly referring to grain. Hence the need to specify that it’s not grain.

[Category Four]

Don't Fear the Reaper ... we can be like they are.

[NativeSon]

Aaawww, he sounds nice.

[mewzilla]

Tyrannosaur Was Key to the Rise of Giant Meat-Eaters A partial skull found in Alberta helps put a timer on when the ‘tyrant lizards’ got big

...“The new material is very incomplete and the differences between Thanatotheristes and Daspletosaurus are relatively subtle,” says Royal Ontario Museum paleontologist David Evans, ...

It's one partial skull. I think I'll hold off on my excitement for a bit.