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Newly described theropod - cursorial tyrannosauroid Moros intrepidus from the Cenomanian of Utah. The oldest diagnosed tyrannosauroid from the Cretaceous of North America, it is described by a well-preserved leg and very characteristic teeth. Interestingly, the last allosauroid on the continent, the giant neovenatorid Siats meekerorum, is known from the same layers. The existence of a tyrannosauroid in these places was already assumed, and now we have a named taxon.
Leg of Moros demonstrates arctometatarsalia and, moreover, the proportions are very similar to ornithomimids rather than later tyrannosaurids. Obviously, it was a great runner, successfully catching up and killing small animals in the shade of a giant allosauroid. Curiously, phylogenetic analysis puts Moros next to Asian taxa, and that means it was an Asian migrant. Over time, Siats will disappear, and the descendants of Moros intrepidus justify this name - "fearless embodiment of impending doom."...

This individual is shown yawning at the time of standing on one leg, which turned out to be very birdlike, which I'm glad. I also liked how this hand turned out.

EDIT: Scanned version.
Technical pencil HB and white gel ink pen, 2019.

Description

Newly described theropod - cursorial tyrannosauroid Moros intrepidus from the Cenomanian of Utah. The oldest diagnosed tyrannosauroid from the Cretaceous of North America, it is described by a well-preserved leg and very characteristic teeth. Interestingly, the last allosauroid on the continent, the giant neovenatorid Siats meekerorum, is known from the same layers. The existence of a tyrannosauroid in these places was already assumed, and now we have a named taxon.
Leg of Moros demonstrates arctometatarsalia and, moreover, the proportions are very similar to ornithomimids rather than later tyrannosaurids. Obviously, it was a great runner, successfully catching up and killing small animals in the shade of a giant allosauroid. Curiously, phylogenetic analysis puts Moros next to Asian taxa, and that means it was an Asian migrant. Over time, Siats will disappear, and the descendants of Moros intrepidus justify this name - "fearless embodiment of impending doom."...

This individual is shown yawning at the time of standing on one leg, which turned out to be very birdlike, which I'm glad. I also liked how this hand turned out.

EDIT: Scanned version.
Technical pencil HB and white gel ink pen, 2019.