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.

Produced by: Tee Shiao Eek

Presented by: Tee Shiao Eek, Lim Sue Ann, Juliet Jacobs

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Tags:  The Bigger Picture The Daily Digest,  T-Rex,  Reaper of Death,  fossil,  tyrannosaur,  paleontology,  Alberta,  Canada,  Tyrannosaurus rex,  John & Sandra de Groot,  Thanatotheristes degrootorum,