Genre
Valide Éteint

Albertosaurus

Alberta lizard
Osborn 1905
Étymologie Reptile d'Alberta

Albertosaurus est un genre éteint de dinosaures théropodes appartenant à la famille des Tyrannosauridae et à la sous-famille (biologie) des Albertosaurinae. Il a vécu dans l'Ouest de l'Amérique du Nord au début du Maastrichtien.

Plage temporelle
Trias
Jurassique
Crétacé
Paléogène
Néogène
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
Occurrences PBDB
32
Groupe
Dinosaures
Carnivore Vivant au sol, solitaire Terrestre
Albertosaurus
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Classification
Dinosauria Clade non classé
Theropoda Clade non classé
Neotheropoda Clade non classé
Averostra Clade non classé
Tetanurae Clade non classé
Coelurosauria Clade non classé
Tyrannosauroidea Superfamille
Tyrannosauridae Famille
Albertosaurinae Sous-famille
Albertosaurus Genre
Sites de découverte 32 sites géolocalisés
Répartition
Principaux pays
🇨🇦 Canada
23
🇺🇸 États-Unis
7
🇲🇽 Mexique
2
Formations géologiques
Corral de Enmedio
2
Oldman
1
Lance
1
Scollard
1
Distribution temporelle
Maastrichtien (72.2–66 Ma)
13
Campanien (83.6–72.2 Ma)
19
Espèces (2)
Albertosaurus arctunguis subjective synonym of Albertosaurus sarcophagus 84 Ma
Albertosaurus sarcophagus 84 Ma
Images 3
Bibliographie
Description originale
H. F. Osborn. 1905. Tyrannosaurus and other Cretaceous carnivorous dinosaurs. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 21(14):259-265
Bibliographie (22)
G. F. Funston, M. J. Powers, and S. A. Whitebone, S. L. Brusatte, J. B. Scannella, J. R. Horner, P. J. Currie. 2021. Baby tyrannosaurid bones and teeth from the Late Cretaceous of western North America 1. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 58(9):756–777 DOI ↗
J. C. Mallon, J. R. Bura, and D. Schumann, P. J. Currie. 2020. A problematic tyrannosaurid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) skeleton and its implications for tyrannosaurid diversity in the Horseshoe Canyon Formation (Upper Cretaceous) of Alberta. The Anatomical Record 303:673-690 DOI ↗
D. C. Evans, D. A. Eberth, and M. J. Ryan. 2015. Hadrosaurid (Edmontosaurus) bonebeds from the Horseshoe Canyon Formation (Horsethief Member) at Drumheller, Alberta, Canada: geology, preliminary taphonomy, and significance. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 52:642-654 DOI ↗
P. R. Bell and P. J. Currie. 2014. Albertosaurus (Dinosauria: Theropoda) material from an Edmontosaurus bonebed (Horseshoe Canyon Formation) near Edmonton: clarification of palaeogeographic distribution. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 51(11):1052-1057 DOI ↗
D. H. Tanke and P. J. Currie. 2010. A history of Albertosaurus discoveries in Alberta, Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 47(9):1197-1211 DOI ↗
H. E. Rivera-Sylva, R. Rodríguez-de la Rosa, and J. A. Ortiz-Mendieta. 2006. A review of the dinosaurian record from Mexico. Studies on Mexican Paleontology; Topics in Geobiology 24:233-248
B. L. Stinchcomb. 2006. Chronister vertebrate site. In D. Hoffman, B. L. Stinchcomb, and J. R. Palmer (eds.), Association of Missouri Geologists, 53rd Annual Meeting and Field Trips, Sikeston. Association of Missouri Geologists
M. T. Carrano. 2005. Fossil Vertebrate Collections, University of California Museum of Paleontology
G. M. Erickson, P. J. Makovicky, and P. J. Currie, M. A. Norell, S. A. Yerby, C. A. Brochu. 2004. Gigantism and comparative life-history parameters of tyrannosaurid dinosaurs. Nature 430:772-775 DOI ↗
D. A. Eberth, P. J. Currie, and D. B. Brinkman, M. J. Ryan, D. R. Braman, J. D. Gardner, V. D. Lam, D. N. Spivak, A. G. Neuman. 2001. Alberta's dinosaurs and other fossil vertebrates: Judith River and Edmonton groups (Campanian-Maastrichtian). In C. L. Hill (ed), Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, 61st Annual Meeting, Bozeman. Guidebook for the Field Trips: Mesozoic and Cenozoic Paleontology in the Western Plains and Rocky Mountains, Museum of the Rockies Occasional Paper 3:49-75
P. J. Currie. 2000. Possible evidence of gregarious behavior in tyrannosaurids. Gaia 15:271-277
T. E. Williamson and R. M. Sullivan. 1998. A new local fauna, the Willow Wash Local Wash, from the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian), Kirtland Formation, New Mexico. 18(3):86A
M. J. Ryan and D. A. Eberth. 1995. Taphonomy of a hadrosaur (Ornithischia: Hadrosauridae) bone bed from the Horseshoe Canyon Formation (early Maastrichtian), Alberta, Canada. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 15(3, suppl.):51A
J. E. Storer. 1993. Additions to the mammalian paleofauna of Saskatchewan. Modern Geology 18(4):475-487
T. T. Tokaryk. 1992. Baptornis sp. (Aves: Hesperornithiformes) from the Judith River Formation (Campanian) of Saskatchewan, Canada. Journal of Paleontology 66(6):1010-1012 DOI ↗
S. G. Lucas and C. M. González-León. 1990. Reporte preliminar sobre dinosaurios del Cretácico Tardio de la Cuenca de Cabullona [Preliminary report on dinosaurs from the Late Cretaceous of the Cabullona Basin]. Boletín del Departamento de Geología Uni-Son 7(1-2):1-6
R. G. Young. 1987. Remains of ancient life in Cretaceous rocks of the Dinosaur Triangle. In W. R. Averett (ed.), Paleontology and Geology of the Dinosaur Triangle: Guidebook for 1987 Field Trip. Museum of Western Colorado, Grand Junction
J. L. Whitmore and J. E. Martin. 1986. Vertebrate fossils from the Greasewood Creek locality in the Late Cretaceous Lance Formation of Niobrara County, Wyoming. Proceedings of the South Dakota Academy of Sciences 65:33-50
M. G. Lockley, B. H. Young, and K. Carpenter. 1983. Hadrosaur locomotion and herding behavior: evidence from footprints in the Mesaverde Formation. Grand Mesa coal field, Colorado. The Mountain Geologist 20(1):5-14 DOI ↗
T. Rowe, E. H. Colbert, and J. D. Nations. 1981. The occurrence of <i>Pentaceratops</i> (Ornithischia: Ceratopsia) with a description of its frill. Advances in San Juan Basin Paleontology, S. G. Lucas, J. K. Rigby Jr., and B. S. Kues (eds.), University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque
W. A. Parks. 1928. Albertosaurus arctunguis, a species of therapodous dinosaur from the Edmonton Formation of Alberta. University of Toronto Studies, Geology Series 25:1-42
H. F. Osborn. 1905. Tyrannosaurus and other Cretaceous carnivorous dinosaurs. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 21(14):259-265