Gorgosaurus
Gorgosaurus libratus
Pronounced: Gore - go -
Saw - rus
Diet: Carnivore
(Meat-Eater)
Name Means: "Terrible
Lizard"
Length: 28 feet (8.5 m)
Height: 10 feet (3 m)
Weight: 2.5 tons (2300
kilos)
Time: Late Cretaceous -
70 MYA
Fossil remains for this Dinosaur have been found
in Northern North America
Gorgosaurus is considered by some scientists to be the
same as Albertosaurus. This dinosaur looked like a smaller,
slightly less muscular version of Tyrannosaurus. As an early
member of the tyrannosaur family, Gorgosaurus was the final
design for the large meat-eating dinosaurs. It had only two
fingers on its hands, which were at the end of short arms.
It had long legs and a wide skull with lots of power in its
bite.
Gorgosaurus was named based on material that is now being
disputed as requiring a genus separate from Albertosaurus. |
