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Moros intrepidus

Moros
Temporal range: Cenomanian,
Diagram showing known remains
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Clade: Pantyrannosauria
Genus: Moros
Zanno et al., 2019[1]
Species:
M. intrepidus
Binomial name
Moros intrepidus
Zanno et al., 2019[1]

Moros is a genus of small tyrannosauroid theropod dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous period in what is now Utah. It contains a single species, M. intrepidus.[1] Moros represents one of the earliest known diagnostic tyrannosauroid material from North America.[1]

  1. ^ a b c d Zanno, Lindsay E.; Tucker, Ryan T.; Canoville, Aurore; Avrahami, Haviv M.; Gates, Terry A.; Makovicky, Peter J. (February 2019). "Diminutive fleet-footed tyrannosauroid narrows the 70-million-year gap in the North American fossil record". Communications Biology. 2 (1): 64. doi:10.1038/s42003-019-0308-7. ISSN 2399-3642. PMC 6385174. PMID 30820466.

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