Gorgosaurus Lambe 1914 (tyrannosaurid)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Tyrannosauridae

Full reference: 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

Parent taxon: Tyrannosauridae according to J. Lü et al. 2014

See also Barsbold 1983, Carpenter 1992, Carpenter 1997, Carr 1995, Currie 1992, Currie 2003, Currie et al. 2003, Currie et al. 2003, Dalman 2013, Dalman et al. 2018, Eberth et al. 2001, Erickson et al. 2004, Gilmore 1935, Gilmore 1946, Hay 1930, Holtz 1997, Holtz 2001, Holtz 2004, Huene 1926, Huene 1927, Huene 1929, Huene 1958, Kuhn 1939, Lambe 1914, Li et al. 2009, Longrich 2008, Maleev 1955, Matthew and Brown 1922, Miller 1967, Molnar 1980, Molnar et al. 1990, Nopcsa 1928, Padian 1997, Parks 1935, Parsch 1963, Paulina Carabajal and Currie 2012, Powell 1973, Rauhut 2003, Romer 1956, Romer 1966, Russell 1930, Russell 1935, Russell 1970, Sereno 1998, Smith 2007, Steel 1970, Stromer 1934, Swinton 1970, Tatarinov 1964, Thulborn 1984, Urban and Lamanna 2006, Walker 1964 and Wolberg 1980

Sister taxa: Albertosaurinae, Albertosaurus, Aublysodon, Ornithomimus grandis, Tarbosaurus, Tyrannosaurinae, Tyrannosauripodidae, Yezosaurus, Deinodontinae

Subtaxa: Gorgosaurus libratus

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Canada (13: Alberta, Saskatchewan collections), United States (5: Montana, North Carolina, South Dakota)

Total: 18 collections each including a single occurrence

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