Wednesday 12 February 2020

New 'reaper of death' tyrannosaur is the oldest found in Canada

New 'reaper of death' tyrannosaur is the oldest found in Canada

A new species of tyrannosaur — the oldest ever found in Canada — has been discovered in Alberta. Thanatotheristes degrootorum was as long as two cars lined up bumper to bumper and would have towered over an adult human. It stood about 2.4 metres tall at the hips, said Jared Voris, a University of Calgary PhD candidate who led the research identifying it as a new species.

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