Re: Albertosaurus/Gorgosaurus (Re: Re: allosaur furcula)

[Darryl <dinoguy@interlog.com>]

At 06:33 PM 07/06/97 -0700, you wrote:
>OK. Now I'm getting confused.....If anyone does have the book The 
>Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs, bu Dr. David Norman. In the 
>tyrannosaurid pages-the drawing of a juvenile Albertosaur,

Since it is hypothetical, it could be either.  It is in the A. libratus
section of Russell (1970), which has been returned to Gorgosaurus libratus.
I guess it would be Gorgosaurus.

> and the photo 
>of a Albertosaurus eating a ceratopid...Is it REALLY albertosaurus???

No, that one is really a Gorgosaurus.  There is a mount of Albertosaurus at
the RTMP (where the photo is from), but it is attacking a Euoplocephalus.

>And there is allso a skeleton of a "Gorgosaurus" laying in a dried 
>position-lacking the tail (I think it is at the Smithsonian Institute) is 
>that REALLY Gorgosaurus?
>
I have no idea which one you mean here.  You are not referring to the T.
bataar on page 73 are you?

Darryl

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