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Pop Quiz time! Yes, I know you didn’t study, but that’s the entire point of a pop quiz, so shut up. Anyways, here’s the one and only question: what do Lord of the Rings and Dinosaurs have in common? Well there’s quite a few things, actually. For one, they’re both freaking awesome. Secondly, they’ve both been directed by Peter Jackson. And starting today they share a bad guy too, as a group of Moroccan Paleontologists have coined a new species of Dinosaur called the “Sauroniops”…for reasons that are quite obvious once you figure them out. Find out more about this badass (and terrifying) new breed after the break.

Hey, you made it! Thanks for sticking around, buddy. As revealed earlier today by National Geographic, there’s a new dinosaur species on the block, one that shares a pretty distinct similarity to Lord of the Rings baddie Sauron. But I ain’t got no science degree, so let study leader Andrea Cau explain it to you!

“The idea of a predator that is physically known only as its fierce eye reminded me of Sauron, in particular as depicted in Peter Jackson’s movies. The skull bone of Sauroniops is very broad and particularly thick. This suggests an animal as big as Tyrannosaurus [Rex].”

In addition, Cau confirms that the dino has “a long and deep skull bearing dozens of bladelike teeth.” So yeah, it’s pretty much the most horrifying creature you can think of—a 40 foot tall killing machine with a gigantic eye and dozens of teeth that can go through you in an instant. Well Sauroniops (literally “Eye of Sauron”) is a fitting name, I can’t help but feel like “Motherfucker Rex” would have been a more appropriate title. Because you know if Frodo encountered this beast, he would have high tailed it back to The Shire in an instant. Anyways, here’s an artistic rendering of the beast devouring his enemies, as dinosaurs his size tend to do: