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Gorgosaurus is a genus of tyrannosaurid theropod dinosaur that lived in western North America during the Late Cretaceous Period, between about 76.5 and 75 million years ago. Fossil remains have been found in the Canadian province of Alberta and possibly the U.S. state of Montana. Like most known tyrannosaurids, Gorgosaurus was a bipedal predator weighing more than a metric ton as an adult; dozens of large, sharp teeth lined its jaws, while its two-fingered forelimbs were comparatively small. It lived in a lush floodplain environment along the edge of an inland sea. An apex predator, Gorgosaurus was at the top of the food chain, preying upon abundant ceratopsids and hadrosaurs. In some areas, it coexisted with another tyrannosaurid, Daspletosaurus. Though these animals were roughly the same size, there is some evidence of niche differentiation between the two. Gorgosaurus is the best-represented tyrannosaurid in the fossil record, known from dozens of specimens. These plentiful remains have allowed scientists to investigate its ontogeny, life history and other aspects of its biology. (more...) Recently featured: Baker Street and Waterloo Railway – 1910 London to Manchester air race – Martha Layne Collins Archive – By email – More featured articles...
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The United Democratic Party, led by Prime Minister Dean Barrow (pictured), wins a narrow majority in the Belizean general election. Businessman Allen Stanford is convicted of running a US$7 billion Ponzi scheme. Avalanches in Afghanistan's Badakhshan province kill at least 50 people. Vladimir Putin is elected President of Russia for a third term. Explosions at an arms dump in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo, kill at least 250 people and injure more than 2,000 others. A tornado outbreak in the Midwestern and Southeastern United States causes at least 41 fatalities. Conflict in Syria – Wikinews – Recent deaths – More current events...
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March 11: Independence Day in Lithuania (1990) 1879 – Shō Tai, the last king of the Ryūkyū Kingdom, abdicated when the kingdom was annexed by Japan and became Okinawa Prefecture. 1946 – Rudolf Höss, the first commandant of Auschwitz concentration camp, was captured by British troops. 1966 – Indonesian President Sukarno (pictured) was forced to sign the Presidential Order Supersemar, giving Suharto the authority to take whatever measures he deemed necessary to restore order during the Indonesian killings. 1993 – Janet Reno was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as the first female Attorney General of the United States. 2007 – Georgian authorities accused Russia of orchestrating a helicopter attack in the Kodori Valley of the breakaway territory of Abkhazia. More anniversaries: March 10 – March 11 – March 12 Archive – By email – List of historical anniversaries It is now March 11, 2012 (UTC) – Refresh this page

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Mycena inclinata, commonly known as the clustered bonnet, is a widespread species of mushroom in the Mycenaceae family. It is found in Europe, North Africa, Asia, Australasia, and North America, where it grows in small groups or tufts on fallen logs and stumps, especially of oak.

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