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    experts consider G. libratus to be a species of Albertosaurus; this would make Gorgosaurus a junior synonym of that genus. Gorgosaurus lived in a lush floodplain...
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    declared the name Gorgosaurus a junior synonym of Albertosaurus, which had been named first, and G. libratus was renamed Albertosaurus libratus in 1970. A species...
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    Its closest relative is the slightly older Gorgosaurus libratus (sometimes called Albertosaurus libratus; see below). These two species are the only...
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    Lawrence Lambe named Gorgosaurus libratus, "balanced fierce lizard", in 1914). A second significant find attributed to Gorgosaurus was made in 1942, in...
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    horn" typically present in earlier tyrannosaurids like Albertosaurus and Gorgosaurus, instead exhibiting a distinct rugosity along the dorsal surface—consistent...
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    identified as Gorgosaurus libratus. In a 1922 study, William Diller Matthew & Barnum Brown found that the teeth of D. horridus and G. libratus were indistinguishable...
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    tyrannosaurids ranged from the 9 meters (30 feet) Albertosaurus and Gorgosaurus to Tyrannosaurus, which exceeded 12 meters (39 feet) in length and may...
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    Acrocanthosaurus atokensis, Albertosaurus sarcophagus, Allosaurus fragilis, Gorgosaurus libratus, and Poekilopleuron bucklandii. Hereditary multiple exostoses (HME)...
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    Tarbosaurus bataar + Daspletosaurus torosus + Albertosaurus sarcophagus + Gorgosaurus libratus) Tyrannosaurinae (T. rex > A. sarcophagus) Albertosaurinae (A. sarcophagus...
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    Lawrence M. (2021). "Two exceptionally preserved juvenile specimens of Gorgosaurus libratus (Tyrannosauridae, Albertosaurinae) provide new insight into the timing...
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    as the Dinosaur Park Daspletosaurus but subsequently referred to Gorgosaurus libratus, also shows bite marks on the face that were inflicted by another...
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    Paleontologist Robert T. Bakker with a mounted skeleton of a tyrannosaurid (Gorgosaurus libratus)...
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    Tongue of the Prince Creek Formation and were first referred to the genus Gorgosaurus. Later, after the locale was understood to be younger than previously...
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    Alberta, by Charles Mortram Sternberg, who thought it was a new species of Gorgosaurus, but was found to be a new genus by Dale Russell using the aforementioned...
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  • determine the survivorship curves of Albertosaurus sarcophagus, Gorgosaurus libratus, Daspletosaurus torosus, Tyrannosaurus rex, Maiasaura peeblesorum...
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    Pachycephalosauria Stegoceras Tyrannosauridae Daspletosaurus torosus Gorgosaurus libratus Ornithomimidae Ornithomimus Struthiomimus Rativates new ornithomimid...
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  • Connecticut USA Skeleton Gorgosaurus libratus AMNH 5458 American Museum of Natural History New York New York USA Skeleton Gorgosaurus libratus USNM 12814 National...
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    tyrannosaurines differs from that of albertosaurines, such as Albertosaurus and Gorgosaurus, as both have much lower sagittal crests on the frontals. The large supratemporal...
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    imperiosus. 1914 Lawrence Lambe described the new genus and species Gorgosaurus libratus. Barnum Brown emended Cope's "Dinodontidae" to "Deinodontidae". 1917...
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    dissimilar to the less expanded pubic boots of Teratophoneus, Albertosaurus, Gorgosaurus, and Daspletosaurus. The fibula, a bone of the lower leg, had a deep...
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    same levels of the formation as Edmontonia are the tyrannosaurids Gorgosaurus libratus and an unnamed species of Daspletosaurus. Edmontonia longiceps is...
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    Gorgosaurus libratus Albertosaurus sarcophagus...
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  • Least inclusive clade containing Tyrannosaurus rex Osborn 1905, Gorgosaurus libratus Lambe 1914, and Albertosaurus sarcophagus Osborn 1905 Mammalia Class...
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  • early Late Cretaceous of Laramidia. Evidence from the skeleton of Gorgosaurus libratus, interpreted as indicating that the specialized arctometatarsus of...
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    Gorgosaurus libratus Albertosaurus sarcophagus...
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    levels of the formation as Corythosaurus are the tyrannosaurids Gorgosaurus libratus and an unnamed species of Daspletosaurus. Thomas M. Lehman has observed...
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    Gorgosaurus libratus Albertosaurus sarcophagus...
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    Formation, New Mexico in 1924, has been tentatively identified as Gorgosaurus libratus but may instead belong to "Alamotyrannus" as per Dalman & Lucas (2013)...
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  • Colorado (USA). Therrien et al. (2023) describe a juvenile specimen of Gorgosaurus libratus from the Dinosaur Park Formation (Alberta, Canada), preserved with...
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  • Palaeontology [@RoyalTyrrell] (January 11, 2021). "Staff nicknamed this juvenile Gorgosaurus "Blossom"—a combination of "Bloss" (honouring local fossil hunter Bill...
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