Moros Intrepidus
Posted on 02/22/2019 12:52:28 PM PST by ETL
The Tyrannosaurus rex may be among the most well-known and terrifying dinosaurs to walk the Earth, but a newly discovered 4-foot cousin was likely just as scary.
Known as Moros Intrepidus (which means "harbinger of doom"), this tiny tyrannosaur lived 100 million years ago.
Despite its diminutive size, it was still lethal, North Carolina State University paleontoloist Lindsay Zanno said.
“Moros was lightweight and exceptionally fast,” Zanno said in a statement.
“These adaptations, together with advanced sensory capabilities, are the mark of a formidable predator.
It could easily have run down prey, while avoiding confrontation with the top predators of the day."
“Although the earliest Cretaceous tyrannosaurs were small, their predatory specializations meant that they were primed to take advantage of new opportunities when warming temperatures, rising sea-level and shrinking ranges restructured ecosystems at the beginning of the Late Cretaceous,” Zanno added.
“We now know it took them less than 15 million years to rise to power.”
In addition to the small height, it's thought it only weighed 78 kilograms [~172 pounds] and reached maturity between 6 and 7 years.
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Moros Intrepidus
I like them extra crispy with mashed potatoes and cole slaw.
Wrong. It translates to "fearless mulberry".
For comparison....
The emu can grow to be as tall as 2 metres (6.5 feet) in height (1 – 1.3 metres at the shoulder) and weigh up to 45 kilograms (99 pounds).
That guy who choked the cougar would make mincemeat out of this thing.
Ostrich is the world’s largest bird. Its height is from 7 to 9 ft and weigh about 220 to 350 lbs.
Known as Moros Intrepidus (which means “harbinger of doom”)???????????????......
“With advanced sensory capabilities”
Wow.
A dinosaur with radar.
Even tastier.
Which makes them more like the oversized velociraptors in Jurassic Park. Don’t judge a predator by its size, however.
Juvenile T-Rex? Or V-Raptor’s second cousin?
The Fearless Mulberry!..................ooooh I’m scared!..................
My theory is that to save themselves the dinos put all of their hope into an army of T-Rexes to save them. Sadly for them the best the army could field was small arms.
What killed T-Rex? Letting Gloria Jones drive.
"Tyrannosaurus is a genus of coelurosaurian theropod dinosaur.
The species Tyrannosaurus rex (rex meaning "king" in Latin), often called T. rex or colloquially T-Rex, is one of the most well-represented of the large theropods.
Tyrannosaurus lived throughout what is now western North America, on what was then an island continent known as Laramidia.
Tyrannosaurus had a much wider range than other tyrannosaurids.
Fossils are found in a variety of rock formations dating to the Maastrichtian age of the upper Cretaceous Period, 68 to 66 million years ago.
It was the last known member of the tyrannosaurids, and among the last non-avian dinosaurs to exist before the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event. ..."
Well certainly he did not. I've seen really quite virtuous people here claim that the Earth is 6000 years old .
And how do they know it was a “terror”? Was Bryan Williams there to witness it?
All brontosauruses are thin at one end, much MUCH thicker in the middle, and then thin again at the far end.
Anne Elk: "All brontosauruses are thin at one end; much, much thicker in
the middle and then thin again at the far end. That is the theory that I have
and which is mine..."
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