Meet the ‘Reaper of Death’ – a new tyrannosaur species discovered in Canada. The 79-million-year-old fossil is the oldest tyrannosaur known from northern North America. How ferocious was this creature? We find out from the paleontologist who studied the fossil.

<p>Meet the &lsquo;Reaper of Death&rsquo; &ndash; a <a href="https://www.ucalgary.ca/news/new-large-meat-eating-dinosaur-discovered-alberta">new tyrannosaur species discovered in Canada</a>. The 79-million-year-old fossil is the oldest tyrannosaur known from northern North America. How ferocious was this creature? We find out from the paleontologist who studied the fossil.</p>

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