Gorgosaurus

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Gorgosaurus was a carnivore (meat-eater) that lived from 76 to 68 million years ago

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• Cretaceous Period - Gorgosaurus lived between about 76 million years ago and 68 million years ago, during the late Cretaceous period
  
  
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• North American Dinosaurs - Gorgosaurus lived in North America.
  
  
• Saurischian Dinosaurs
  
  
• Theropod Dinosaurs

Gorgosaurus Facts

1. Gorgosaurus was a genus of dinosaur.
   
   
2. "Gorgosaurus" means "fierce lizard". This name was chosen by Lawrence Lambe in 1914.
   
   
3. Gorgosaurus was a member of the Saurischia ("lizard-hipped") order of dinosaurs. What this means, is that although Gorgosaurus was not closely related to lizards, it did have similarly shaped pelvic bones.
   
   
4. Gorgosaurus was a Theropod - a member of a group of related bipedal dinosaurs that included the ancestors of birds (although Gorgosaurus was not itself an ancestor of birds).
   
   
5. Gorgosaurus lived between about 76 million years ago and 68 million years ago, during the late Cretaceous period.
   
   
6. Gorgosaurus lived in North America.
   
   
7. Gorgosaurus was a carnivore (meat-eater).
   
   
8. Gorgosaurus was about 30 feet (9 meters) long, and 9 feet (2.7 meters) tall.
   
   
9. Gorgosaurus weighed about 2.5 tons.

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