Albertadromeus
Field photograph to come
Albertadromeus
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- Lived
- 84 to 72 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Early ornithischians, Thescelosauridae
- Found in
- United States
- Named by
- Brown et al. 2013
Field notes
About Albertadromeus
Albertadromeus was a plant-eating early ornithischian that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 84 to 72 million years ago. It belongs to the family Thescelosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Albertadromeus, from Alberta. Its fossils come from the Oldman Formation. It was named by Brown et al. in 2013.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
80 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Thescelosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: C. M. Brown, D. C. Evans, and M. J. Ryan, A. P. Russell. 2013. New data on the diversity and abundance of small-bodied ornithopods (Dinosauria, Ornithischia) from the Belly River Group (Campanian) of Alberta. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33(3):495-520