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Dinosaur: Thanatotheristes degrootorum
| Length*: | 7.2 m | 23.6 ft |
| Weight*: | 1.4 t | 3,086 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Early-Middle Campanian
Years: 83.6–72.1 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Voris et al.
Year: 2020
Distribution
Area: North America
Country: Canada
Region: Alberta
Formation: Foremost
Locations
Sources
Material: Incomplete skull, referred maxillary fragment.
References: Voris, J. T., Therrien, F., Zelenitsky, D. K., & Brown, C. M. (2020). A new tyrannosaurine (Theropoda:Tyrannosauridae) from the Campanian Foremost Formation of Alberta, Canada, provides insight into the evolution and biogeography of tyrannosaurids.
