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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Tyrannosauridae
Family
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Albertosaurinae
Subfamily
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Gorgosaurus
Genus
Measurements
Height
3 m ⓘ
Length
8,6 m ⓘ
Mass
2 000 kg ⓘ
Fossil sites 20 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
Geological formations
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian
(72.2–66 Ma)
2
Campanian
(83.6–72.2 Ma)
18
Species (6)
Gorgosaurus libratus
84 Ma
Images 4
Bibliography
Original description
L. M. Lambe. 1914. On a new genus and species of carnivorous dinosaur from the Belly River Formation of Alberta, with a description of the skull of Stephanosaurus marginatus from the same horizon. The Ottawa Naturalist 28:13-20
Bibliography (14)
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M. M. Gilbert, E. L. Bamforth, and L. A. Buatois, R. W. Renaut. 2018. Paleoecology and sedimentology of a vertebrate microfossil assemblage from the easternmost Dinosaur Park Formation (Late Cretaceous, Upper Campanian,) Saskatchewan, Canada: reconstructing diversity in a coastal ecosystem. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 495:227-244
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P. J. Currie and E. B. Koppelhus. 2015. The significance of the theropod collections of the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology to our understanding of Late Cretaceous theropod diversity. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 52(8):620-629
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M. J. Ryan. 1994. Taphonomy of a Centrosaurus (Ornithischia: Ceratopsidae) bone bed from the Dinosaur Park Formation (upper Campanian), Alberta, Canada. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 14(3, suppl.):44A
J. Danis. 1986. Quarries of Dinosaur Provincial Park. In B. G. Naylor (ed.), Field Trip Guidebook to Dinosaur Provincial Park, 2 June 1986. Dinosaur Systematics Symposium, Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology, Drumheller, Alberta
P. R. Bjork. 1985. Preliminary report on the Ruby Site bone bed, Upper Cretaceous South Dakota. Geological Society of America, Rocky Mountain Section, Abstracts with Programs 17(4):209
B. Skipp and L. W. McGrew. 1972. The Upper Cretaceous Livingston Group of the western Crazy Mountains Basin, Montana. Montana Geological Society, 21st Annual Field Conference
M. T. Greenwald. 1971. The Lower Vertebrates of the Hell Creek Formation, Harding County, South Dakota.
H. W. Miller. 1967. Cretaceous Vertebrates from Phoebus Landing, North Carolina. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 119:219-239
L. S. Russell. 1966. Dinosaur hunting in western Canada. Royal Ontario Museum, Life Sciences Contribution 70:1-37
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W. D. Matthew and B. Brown. 1922. The family Deinodontidae, with notice of a new genus from the Cretaceous of Alberta. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 46(6):367-385
L. M. Lambe. 1914. On a new genus and species of carnivorous dinosaur from the Belly River Formation of Alberta, with a description of the skull of Stephanosaurus marginatus from the same horizon. The Ottawa Naturalist 28:13-20
O. P. Hay. 1899. On the nomenclature of certain American fossil vertebrates. The American Geologist 24:345-349
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E. D. Cope. 1876. Descriptions of some vertebrate remains from the Fort Union Beds of Montana. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 28:248-261