One mean new dinosaur

From the United States, we have a new entry in the "top prehistoric predator" competition.  While I still give that title to T. rex for land predators and Dunkleosteus terrelli for marine predators, Siats meekerorum (the genus name is from a legendary Native American monster) was over 9m long, with three-clawed hands and a generally fierce demeanor, especially in the artist's concept attached to the linked story.  To  an amateur, the head and claws give this 100-million-year-old beast a more allosaurid look than a tyrannosaurid one, but that's just on looks: the article doesn't offer much on the actual relationships.
It's not only an awesome critter but a good reminder that the dinosaur record is far from being filled in.  Who knows what's next?

Siats meekerorum as tribute to a Native American legendary creature, the Siats (pronounced as See-otts). According to this legend, the Siats was a terrible man-eating creature. While Siats the dinosaur obviously did not eat man due to a nearly 100 million year gap in existence
Read more at http://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/researchers-discover-huge-mega-predator-dinosaur#ZJpVVLTiLTIgmI14.99

saur Siats meekerorum as tribute to a Native American legendary creature, the Siats (pronounced as See-otts). Accord
Read more at http://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/researchers-discover-huge-mega-predator-dinosaur#ZJpVVLTiLTIgmI14.99

saur Siats meekerorum as tribute to a Native American legendary creature, the Siats (pronounced as See-otts). Accord
Read more at http://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/researchers-discover-huge-mega-predator-dinosaur#ZJpVVLTiLTIgmI14.99