Binomial Gorgosaurus libratus · GOR-goh-SORE-us
Late Cretaceous - 76-75 Ma
AI reconstructionGorgosaurus fossil records in Fossil Atlas are mapped as selected modern discovery locations, with 10 source-backed records currently shown. Western Canada and northern interior North America, especially Dinosaur Park and related Late Cretaceous records. Key mapped formations in the current dataset include Belly River Fm, JUDITH RIVER FM., UPPER, Judith River Fm. These pins are fossil record locations, not a complete ancient habitat map.
This remains a specimen profile: the reconstruction, measurements, field account, and evidence sections stay intact. The fossil-map answer is surfaced here so visitors from search can orient themselves before reading the full dossier.
Gorgosaurus was a Late Cretaceous tyrannosaurid from western Canada. Fossil Atlas uses its selected records to deepen the Dinosaur Park and Judith River cluster while separating it from the later Hell Creek T. rex story.
Drawn true to scale on a metre ruler.
Length
measured8.5 m · 28 ft
Largest known specimens
Height
measured3 m (10 ft)
Body mass
estimate2,500 kg · 5,500 lb
Typical adult
Top speed
estimate39 km/h · 24 mph
Modelled, debated
Position of this animal’s known range across 252 million years of the Mesozoic and beyond.
76-75 million years ago
Gorgosaurus was a close tyrannosaurid relative of later giant predators such as T. rex.
Its Dinosaur Park context makes it a useful comparison point for T. rex pages.
It helps Fossil Atlas show that tyrannosaurids were diverse before the very end of the Cretaceous.
Pins show selected fossil records for Gorgosaurus; use them as modern discovery evidence, not a complete range map. Modern fossil discovery map: pins show where selected fossil and specimen records were found today, not ancient Earth positions. What does this mean?
Specimen evidence
These are sourced specimen assets, separate from the AI reconstruction. Only media with clear open or reusable rights is displayed by default.
Gorgosaurus sp. (YPM VP 009834). Digital Image: Yale Peabody Museum; photo by Division of Vertebrate Paleontology, Yale Peabody Museum 2016
Division of Vertebrate Paleontology, Yale Peabody Museum
Gorgosaurus (YPM VPPU 022339). Digital Image: Yale Peabody Museum; photo by Marilyn Fox 2013
Marilyn Fox
Carnosauria (YPM VPPU 023477). Digital Image: Yale Peabody Museum; photo by Marilyn Fox 2013
Marilyn Fox
Gorgosaurus (YPM VPPU 024969). Digital Image: Yale Peabody Museum; photo by Marilyn Fox 2013
Marilyn Fox
Gorgosaurus is represented here by selected fossil records from western canada and northern interior north america, especially dinosaur park and related late cretaceous records. Fossil Atlas maps those records as modern discovery locations.
No. The map shows modern fossil discovery locations from selected records. Ancient habitat and paleogeographic reconstructions are separate questions.
The current Fossil Atlas records include Belly River Fm. Formation coverage depends on the selected dataset and may not be complete.
Yes. Use the expedition card generator to turn the Gorgosaurus map and specimen profile into a shareable card.
Selected fossil records from PBDB and museum biodiversity aggregators. Source labels and confidence notes help distinguish canonical paleobiology records from specimen-media records.
Reconstruction images are labeled illustrations and do not represent fossil evidence. Size, speed, and bite-force figures are typical published estimates and remain subject to revision as new specimens are described.
Maps use curated PBDB, museum, and specimen-source records with visible caveats.
Pins show where fossils were found or reported today, not exact ancient habitat positions.
Artwork is labeled separately from specimen photos, maps, and source records.
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