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Gorgosaurus

O nome significa: “dreadful lizard”1
Comía: CarneTiranosaurosCretáceo Superior

Gorgosaurus was a fierce meat-eating dinosaur that lived in North America during the Late Cretaceous. It was an apex predator, hunting big plant-eaters like horned dinosaurs and duck-billed dinosaurs. With dozens of fossils found, it is one of the best-known tyrannosaurs.1

Viviu
hai entre 84 e 66 millóns de anos5
Cretáceo Superior
Fósiles atopados en
Alberta, Canada and Montana, USA12
Lonxitude
8,6 m (28 ft)2
Peso
2 toneladas a 3 toneladas (4 400 a 6 600 lb)13
Altura
2,8 m (9,2 ft)
estimación
Velocidade máxima
uns 29 km/h (18 mph)
Correr, estimación

Cando viviu?

Triásico
Xurásico
Cretáceo
Hai 252 millóns de anos20114566, o asteroide

Como era de grande?

Canto medía de longo?

Gorgosaurus uns 8,6 m de longo (28 ft)Unha bici de adulto uns 1,8 m (5,9 ft)Un coche uns 4,5 m (15 ft)Un elefante, o animal terrestre máis grande de hoxe uns 6,5 m (21 ft)

Canto medía de alto?

Un canuns 0,5 m (1,6 ft)Un cabalouns 1,6 m (5,2 ft)Gorgosaurusuns 2,8 m de alto (9,2 ft)Un elefanteuns 3,2 m (10 ft)

estimación

Canto pesaba?

tan pesado coma 2 coches
tan longo coma 9 cans do fociño á colatan longo coma 48 plátanos postos un tras outrotan pesado coma 150 canstan pesado coma 600 sandíastan pesado coma 4 clases enteiras de nenostan pesado coma 7 osos polarespodería correr 100 metros en 12 segundos (o humano máis rápido necesita 9,6)

Como era de grande Gorgosaurus comparado CONTIGO?

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Que velocidade alcanzaba?

cousas xeniais

Datos curiosos

1

Gorgosaurus lived about 76.5 to 75 million years ago, during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous.1

2

It is known from at least 12 complete or almost complete skulls and several partial skeletons, making it the best-represented tyrannosaurid.21

3

In 2023, scientists found a juvenile Gorgosaurus with the remains of two Citipes in its stomach, showing it ate smaller prey than adults.1

4

Gorgosaurus lived in a lush floodplain along the edge of a huge inland sea, with a subtropical climate and seasonal droughts.1

5

It coexisted with another tyrannosaur, Daspletosaurus, and they may have hunted different prey to avoid competition.1

6

The first complete Gorgosaurus skeleton was found in 1913 by Charles M. Sternberg in Alberta, Canada.1

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As preguntas máis frecuentes sobre Gorgosaurus

?How big was Gorgosaurus?

About 8 to 9 metres long and weighed 2 to 3 metric tons.3

?What did Gorgosaurus eat?

Adult Gorgosaurus hunted big plant-eaters like horned dinosaurs and duck-billed dinosaurs. A 2023 fossil showed a juvenile ate two small feathered dinosaurs called Citipes.34

?When did Gorgosaurus live?

It lived during the Late Cretaceous Period, about 76.5 to 73 million years ago.3

?Where was Gorgosaurus found?

Fossils have been found in western Canada, especially Alberta, and in the U.S. state of Montana.3

?Was Gorgosaurus bigger than T. rex?

No, Gorgosaurus was smaller than Tyrannosaurus rex. It was about 8 to 9 metres long, while T. rex was much larger.3

?Did Gorgosaurus have feathers?

The sources do not say whether Gorgosaurus had feathers, so it is not known for sure.3

?How fast could Gorgosaurus run?

The sources do not give a speed for Gorgosaurus, so scientists are not certain how fast it could run.3

?Is Gorgosaurus a dinosaur?

Yes, Gorgosaurus is a dinosaur. It is a genus of tyrannosaurid theropod dinosaur.3

Cazamitos

Mito: Some people think Gorgosaurus is the same as Albertosaurus.

Verdade: Gorgosaurus is a separate genus, though some scientists once thought it was a species of Albertosaurus. Today most recognize it as distinct.1

Para expertos en dinos

Nome científico
Gorgosaurus
Bautizado por
Lambe 19145
Grupo
Tiranosauros
Familia / clado
Tyrannosauridae5
Clasificación
Theropoda > Tyrannosauroidea > Tyrannosauridae5
Idade das rochas
de 84 a 66 millóns de anos (Campanian / Maastrichtian)5
Formacións rochosas
Dinosaur Park, Hell Creek, Judith River5
Países
Canadá, EUA5
Rexistros fósiles
20 na Paleobiology Database5
Descubrimento
Gorgosaurus was named by Lawrence Lambe in 1914, based on a nearly complete skeleton found in Alberta, Canada by Charles M. Sternberg in 1913.1
Aínda en debate
Scientists are still debating whether some fossils from Montana belong to Gorgosaurus libratus or a new species.1

De onde veñen os datos

  1. Gorgosaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
  2. Gorgosaurus | Natural History Museum (nhm.ac.uk)
  3. Gorgosaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
  4. Exceptionally preserved stomach contents of a young tyrannosaurid reveal an ontogenetic dietary shift in an iconic extinct predator (science.org)
  5. Gorgosaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): idade, lugares, formacións rochosas, clasificación.

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