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Silhouette of Gorgosaurus

Gorgosaurus

Gorgosaurus libratus (Lambe 1914)

Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · 83.6–72.2 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
carnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Overview

Gorgosaurus libratus is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 83.6–72.2 million years ago. It was a carnivore. It was named by (Lambe 1914). The species is represented by 15 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.

Fossil Record Completeness

How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record

~45%
confidence from occurrence count
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 15 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time

Where Gorgosaurus sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Gorgosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

These species share Gorgosaurus's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.

predator–prey
Centrosaurus
Centrosaurus apertus
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predator–prey
Stegoceras
Stegoceras validum
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predator–prey
Protoceratops
Protoceratops andrewsi
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coexisted–with
Hypacrosaurus
Hypacrosaurus stebingeri
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coexisted–with
Corythosaurus
Corythosaurus casuarius
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same–clade
Ornithoides
Ornithoides oshiensis
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same–clade
Ovoraptor
Ovoraptor djadochtari
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same–clade
Fenestrosaurus
Fenestrosaurus philoceratops
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