Albertosaurus was a carnivore. It lived in the Cretaceous period and inhabited North America. Its fossils have been found in places such as Colorado, Missouri and Saskatchewan (Canada).
Quick facts about Albertosaurus:
- Existed from 85.8 million years ago to Maastrichtian Age
- Lived in a terrestrial habitat
- Was a carnivore
- Reproduced by laying eggs
- Had a body mass of approximately 2500 kg
- Fossil femurs are approximately 905 mm long and wide
- 24 different specimens have been found by paleontologists
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Albertosaurus was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- B. Brown. 1914. Cretaceous Eocene correlation in New Mexico, Wyoming, Montana, Alberta. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America 25:355-380
- J. E. Storer. 1993. Additions to the mammalian paleofauna of Saskatchewan. Modern Geology 18(4):475-487
- W. Langston. 1967. The thick-headed ceratopsian dinosaur Pachyrhinosaurus (Reptilia: Ornithischia), from the Edmonton Formation near Drumheller, Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 4:171-186
