Talos sampsoni, new troodontid

Adam Khor · 2019-08-31 05:57:23

Talos, new troodontid I am loving the name; I used to be scared of Talos from Jason and the Argonauts as a kid :D The new dinosaur is a troodontid, smaller than Troodon, that lived during the late Cretaceous in Utah, alongside Teratophoneus, Utahceratops and Kosmoceratops. It is so named because the holotype seemingly…

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Talos, new troodontid

I am loving the name; I used to be scared of Talos from Jason and the Argonauts as a kid

The new dinosaur is a troodontid, smaller than Troodon, that lived during the late Cretaceous in Utah, alongside Teratophoneus, Utahceratops and Kosmoceratops.

It is so named because the holotype seemingly succumbed to a foot injury, like the automaton Talos from Greek mythology.

http://www.livescience.com/16129-raptor-dinosaur-fossil-talon-weapon.html

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