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Gorgosaurus
Taxonomy
Gorgosaurus was named by Lambe (1914).
It was synonymized subjectively with Aublysodon by Romer (1956), Parsch (1963) and Barsbold (1983); it was synonymized subjectively with Deinodon by Tatarinov (1964); it was synonymized subjectively with Albertosaurus by Russell (1970), Molnar (1980), Thulborn (1984), Molnar et al. (1990) and Carpenter (1992).
It was assigned to Theropoda by Lambe (1914); to Aublysodontinae by Nopcsa (1928); to Deinodontinae by Matthew and Brown (1922) and Hay (1930); to Theropoda by Parks (1935); to Carnosauria by Kuhn (1939); to Deinodontidae by Russell (1930), Stromer (1934), Russell (1935), Gilmore (1935), Gilmore (1946) and Maleev (1955); to Pachypodosauria by Huene (1958); to Dinodontidae by Huene (1926), Huene (1927), Huene (1929) and Swinton (1970); to Megalosaurinidae by Powell (1973); to Tyrannosaurinae by Holtz (1997) and Holtz (2001); to Tyrannosauridae by Walker (1964), Romer (1966), Miller (1967), Steel (1970), Wolberg (1980), Currie (1992), Carr (1995), Carpenter (1997), Padian (1997), Sereno (1998), Eberth et al. (2001), Currie et al. (2003), Rauhut (2003), Erickson et al. (2004), Urban and Lamanna (2006), Smith (2007), Longrich (2008), Li et al. (2009), Paulina Carabajal and Currie (2012), Dalman (2013) and Lü et al. (2014); and to Albertosaurinae by Currie (2003), Currie et al. (2003), Holtz (2004) and Dalman et al. (2018).
It was synonymized subjectively with Aublysodon by Romer (1956), Parsch (1963) and Barsbold (1983); it was synonymized subjectively with Deinodon by Tatarinov (1964); it was synonymized subjectively with Albertosaurus by Russell (1970), Molnar (1980), Thulborn (1984), Molnar et al. (1990) and Carpenter (1992).
It was assigned to Theropoda by Lambe (1914); to Aublysodontinae by Nopcsa (1928); to Deinodontinae by Matthew and Brown (1922) and Hay (1930); to Theropoda by Parks (1935); to Carnosauria by Kuhn (1939); to Deinodontidae by Russell (1930), Stromer (1934), Russell (1935), Gilmore (1935), Gilmore (1946) and Maleev (1955); to Pachypodosauria by Huene (1958); to Dinodontidae by Huene (1926), Huene (1927), Huene (1929) and Swinton (1970); to Megalosaurinidae by Powell (1973); to Tyrannosaurinae by Holtz (1997) and Holtz (2001); to Tyrannosauridae by Walker (1964), Romer (1966), Miller (1967), Steel (1970), Wolberg (1980), Currie (1992), Carr (1995), Carpenter (1997), Padian (1997), Sereno (1998), Eberth et al. (2001), Currie et al. (2003), Rauhut (2003), Erickson et al. (2004), Urban and Lamanna (2006), Smith (2007), Longrich (2008), Li et al. (2009), Paulina Carabajal and Currie (2012), Dalman (2013) and Lü et al. (2014); and to Albertosaurinae by Currie (2003), Currie et al. (2003), Holtz (2004) and Dalman et al. (2018).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1914 | Gorgosaurus Lambe pp. 13-14 |
| 1922 | Gorgosaurus Matthew and Brown p. 378 |
| 1926 | Gorgosaurus Huene p. 101 |
| 1927 | Gorgosaurus Huene p. 260 |
| 1928 | Gorgosaurus Nopcsa p. 183 |
| 1929 | Gorgosaurus Huene p. 270 |
| 1930 | Gorgosaurus Hay p. 178 |
| 1930 | Gorgosaurus Russell p. 148 |
| 1934 | Gorgosaurus Stromer p. 80 |
| 1935 | Gorgosaurus Gilmore p. 160 |
| 1935 | Gorgosaurus Parks p. 195 |
| 1935 | Gorgosaurus Russell p. 117 |
| 1939 | Gorgosaurus Kuhn p. 82 |
| 1946 | Gorgosaurus Gilmore p. 1 |
| 1955 | Gorgosaurus Maleev |
| 1958 | Gorgosaurus Huene p. 205 |
| 1964 | Gorgosaurus Walker p. 128 |
| 1966 | Gorgosaurus Romer p. 369 |
| 1967 | Gorgosaurus Miller p. 232 |
| 1970 | Gorgosaurus Steel p. 41 |
| 1970 | Gorgosaurus Swinton p. 153 |
| 1973 | Gorgosaurus Powell p. 118 |
| 1980 | Gorgosaurus Wolberg p. 46 |
| 1992 | Gorgosaurus Currie p. 242 |
| 1995 | Gorgosaurus Carr p. 21A |
| 1997 | Gorgosaurus Carpenter p. 766 |
| 1997 | Gorgosaurus Holtz, Jr. p. 53A |
| 1997 | Gorgosaurus Padian p. 532 |
| 1998 | Gorgosaurus Sereno p. 65 |
| 2001 | Gorgosaurus Eberth et al. p. 56 |
| 2001 | Gorgosaurus Holtz, Jr. pp. 69-70 fig. 7.2 |
| 2003 | Gorgosaurus Currie p. 663 |
| 2003 | Gorgosaurus Currie et al. p. 6 |
| 2003 | Gorgosaurus Currie et al. p. 230 fig. 2 |
| 2003 | Gorgosaurus Rauhut p. 43 |
| 2004 | Gorgosaurus Erickson et al. p. 773 |
| 2004 | Gorgosaurus Holtz, Jr. p. 112 |
| 2006 | Gorgosaurus Urban and Lamanna p. 234 |
| 2007 | Gorgosaurus Smith p. 104 |
| 2008 | Gorgosaurus Longrich p. 994 |
| 2009 | Gorgosaurus Li et al. |
| 2012 | Gorgosaurus Paulina Carabajal and Currie p. 95 |
| 2013 | Gorgosaurus Dalman p. 242 |
| 2014 | Gorgosaurus Lü et al. |
| 2018 | Gorgosaurus Dalman et al. p. 125 |
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G. †Gorgosaurus Lambe 1914
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†Gorgosaurus libratus Lambe 1914
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Invalid names: Dryptosaurus kenabekides Hay 1899 [synonym], Gorgosaurus sternbergi Matthew and Brown 1922 [synonym], Laelaps falculus Cope 1876 [synonym], Laelaps hazenianus Hay 1902 [synonym], Laelaps incrassatus Cope 1876 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available