Thanatotheristes
Thanatotheristes degrootorum
Thanatotheristes (meaning "reaper of death" according to the original authors; literally, "death harvester" in Greek: Θάνατος, romanized: Thánatos, "Death" and θεριστής, romanized: theristḗs, "harvester") is a genus of tyrannosaurid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Laramidia, approximately 80.1-79.5 Ma. Thanatotheristes contains only one species, T. degrootorum. Fossils of this taxon are found in the Foremost Formation of Alberta, Canada, coexisting with medium-sized ceratopsids like Xenoceratops foremostensis and small pachycephalosaurids like Colepiocephale lambei.
- Family
- Tyrannosauridae
- Order
- Saurischia
- Period
- Cretaceous (79.5–77.0 Ma)
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Length
- 8.0–9.0 m
- Weight
- 2.5–3.5 t
- Type locality
- Foremost Formation, Alberta, Canada
- PBDB
- txn:424537