Thanatotheristes
Field photograph to come
Thanatotheristes
DV-1120 · type species Thanatotheristes degrootorum
- Lived
- 84 to 72 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Tyrannosauridae
- Found in
- Canada
- Named by
- Voris et al. 2020
Field notes
About Thanatotheristes
Thanatotheristes was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 84 to 72 million years ago. It belongs to the family Tyrannosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 2 finds of Thanatotheristes, from Alberta. Its fossils come from the Foremost Formation. It was named by Voris et al. in 2020.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
80 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Tyrannosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: J. T. Voris, F. Therrien, and D. K. Zelenitsky, C. M. Brown. 2020. A new tyrannosaurine (Theropoda:Tyrannosauridae) from the Campanian Foremost Formation of Alberta, Canada, provides insight into the evolution and biogeography of tyrannosaurids. Cretaceous Research 110:104388:1-15