Colossal new predatory dino terrorized early tyrannosaurs
Friday, November 22, 2013 - 06:30
in Paleontology & Archaeology
A new species of carnivorous dinosaur – one of the three largest ever discovered in North America – lived alongside and competed with small-bodied tyrannosaurs 98 million years ago. This newly discovered species, Siats meekerorum, (pronounced see-atch) was the apex predator of its time, and kept tyrannosaurs from assuming top predator roles for millions of years.