Genus
Valid Extinct

Moros

Zanno et al. 2019

In Greek mythology, Moros /ˈmɔːrɒs/ or Morus /ˈmɔːrəs/ is the personified spirit of impending doom, who drives mortals to their deadly fate. It was also said that Moros gave people the ability to foresee their death. His Roman equivalent was Fatum.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore Ground dwelling, solitary Terrestrial
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Theropoda Unranked clade
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Neotheropoda Unranked clade
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Averostra Unranked clade
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Tetanurae Unranked clade
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Coelurosauria Unranked clade
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Tyrannosauroidea Superfamily
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Moros Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇺🇸 United States
1
Geological formations
Cedar Mountain
1
Temporal distribution
Cenomanian (100.5–93.9 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Moros intrepidus 101 Ma
Bibliography
Original description
L. E. Zanno, R. T. Tucker, and A. Canoville, H. M. Avrahami, T. A. Gates, P. J. Makovicky. 2019. Diminutive fleet-footed tyrannosauroid narrows the 70-million-year gap in the North American fossil record. Communications Biology 2(1):61:1-12 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
L. E. Zanno, R. T. Tucker, and A. Canoville, H. M. Avrahami, T. A. Gates, P. J. Makovicky. 2019. Diminutive fleet-footed tyrannosauroid narrows the 70-million-year gap in the North American fossil record. Communications Biology 2(1):61:1-12 DOI ↗