Albertavenator
Field photograph to come
Albertavenator
DV-0972 · type species Albertavenator curriei
- Lived
- 84 to 66 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Troodontidae
- Found in
- Canada
- Named by
- Evans et al. 2017
Field notes
About Albertavenator
Albertavenator was an omnivorous theropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 84 to 66 million years ago. It belongs to the family Troodontidae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 4 finds of Albertavenator, from Alberta. Its fossils come from the Horseshoe Canyon Formation. It was named by Evans et al. in 2017.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
75 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Troodontidae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: D. C. Evans, T. M. Cullen, and D. W. Larson, A. Rego. 2017. A new species of troodontid theropod (Dinosauria: Maniraptora) from the Horseshoe Canyon Formation (Maastrichtian) of Alberta, Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 54(8):813-826