Appalachiosaurus

Appalachiosaurus (/ˌæpəˌleɪtʃioʊˈsɔːrəs/ ap-ə-LAY-chee-o-SAWR-əs; "Appalachian lizard") is a genus of tyrannosauroid theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Period of eastern North America. Like almost all theropods, it was a bipedal predator. Only a juvenile skeleton has been found, representing an animal over 7 meters (23 ft) long and weighing over 600 kilograms (1300 lb), which indicates an adult would have been even larger. It is the most completely known theropod from the eastern part of North America.

Fossils of Appalachiosaurus were found in central Alabama, from the Demopolis Chalk Formation. This formation dates to the middle of the Campanianstage of the Late Cretaceous, or around 77 million years ago.[1] Fossil material assigned to A. montegomeriensis is also known from the Donoho Creekand Tar Heel-Coachman formations of North and South Carolina.[2]