Dinosaur
Thanatotheristes
Details on its skull distinguish it from other large predators.
Details on its skull distinguish it from other large predators. This meat eater had cutting teeth and a skull bearing ridges and rough surfaces. Those features set it apart from other tyrannosaurids, although its overall appearance will look familiar to anyone who knows Tyrannosaurus.
Three stages. One companion.
Game artwork
AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.
Thanatotheristes at a glance
- Diet
- Carnivore
- It fed on other animals.
- When it lived
- Cretaceous
- Group
- Tyrannosauridae
- Tyrannosaurids
- Fossil locations
- Alberta
- Places where fossils have been found
Beyond the game
The real Thanatotheristes
The fossils were found in Alberta, in rocks older than those containing Tyrannosaurus rex. The main material is incomplete, so some body details are reconstructed by comparing it with its family.
The name often receives a dramatic translation, but the real interest lies in the bones. They record an earlier stage in the evolution of North America’s large tyrannosaurids and help establish when their different branches appeared.
The name often receives a dramatic translation, but the real interest lies in the bones. They record an earlier stage in the evolution of North America’s large tyrannosaurids and help establish when their different branches appeared.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
Map references
Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Fossil records: linked collections and publications.A note on the science
The fossils were found in Alberta, in rocks older than those containing Tyrannosaurus rex. The main material is incomplete, so some body details are reconstructed by comparing it with its family.
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