Dinosaur
Gorgosaurus
Its fossils are very similar to those of Albertosaurus; Differences include details of the skull and teeth.
Gorgosaurus looked so similar to Albertosaurus that distinguishing them requires looking at details and not just size.
Three stages. One companion.
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Gorgosaurus at a glance
- Diet
- Carnivore
- It is interpreted as a consumer of other animals. Hunting and scavenging are not mutually exclusive behaviors.
- When it lived
- Cretaceous
- Group
- Tyrannosauridae
- Tyrannosaurids
- Fossil locations
- Canada, Montana
- Places where fossils have been found
Beyond the game
The real Gorgosaurus
It was a two-legged predator about eight or nine meters long, with numerous sharp teeth. Its small arms ended in two fingers, and it was particularly closely related to Albertosaurus.
Its fossils closely resemble those of Albertosaurus, but details of the skull and teeth distinguish them. Two animals can have very similar outlines without belonging to the same genus.
Tyrannosaurids were large theropods with robust skulls. The family contains several distinct genera: not every large meat-eating dinosaur was a tyrannosaur.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
Map references
Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Fossil records: linked collections and publications.Sources & text credits
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- Tyrannosauridae
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