Appalachiosaurus was a carnivore. It lived in the Cretaceous period and inhabited North America. Its fossils have been found in places such as Georgia, Alabama and South Carolina.
Quick facts about Appalachiosaurus:
- Existed from 83.5 million years ago to Maastrichtian Age
- Lived in a terrestrial habitat
- Was a carnivore
- Reproduced by laying eggs
- 4 different specimens have been found by paleontologists
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Appalachiosaurus was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- D. B. Weishampel and L. Young. 1996. Dinosaurs of the East Coast. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press.
- D. R. Schwimmer and R. H. Best. 1989. First dinosaur fossils from Georgia, with notes on additional Cretaceous vertebrates from the state. Georgia Journal of Science 47:147-157
- D. R. Schwimmer, A. E. Sanders, and B. R. Erickson, R. E. Weems. 2015. A Late Cretaceous dinosaur and reptile assemblage from South Carolina, USA. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 105(2):1-157
