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Gorgosaurus
2,599PAGES ONTHIS WIKI Edit Comments4GorgosaurusTemporal range: Late Cretaceous PreЄЄOSDCPTJKPgNAn artist's illustration of Gorgosaurus libratusScientific classificationKingdom:AnimaliaPhylum:ChordataClass:SauropsidaSuperorder:TheropodaGenus:†GorgosaurusLambe, 1914Species:G. libratusBinomial nameGorgosaurus libratusLambe, 1914Gorgosaurus (Latin for "fierce lizard") is a genus of carnivorous dinosaurthat reached 8 to 9 meters (26 to 30 feet) in length, and weighed 2.5-3 tonnes. It was first described by paleontologist Lawrence Morris Lambe in 1914, and has been found in western Canada and the United States. It lived about 70-65 million years ago in the late Cretaceous period.