Illustration of the holotype frontal of Albertavenator
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Clade:
Dinosauria
Clade:
Saurischia
Clade:
Theropoda
Family:
†Troodontidae
Genus:
†Albertavenator Evans et al., 2017
Type species
†Albertavenator curriei
Evans et al., 2017
Albertavenator (meaning "Alberta hunter") is a genus of small troodontid theropod dinosaur, known from the early Maastrichtian in the Cretaceous period. It contains a single species, A. curriei, named after paleontologist Phil Currie, based on a partial left frontal found in the Horseshoe Canyon Formation of Alberta during the 1990s.[1][2]Albertavenator's discovery indicates that small dinosaur diversity may be underestimated at present due to the difficulty in identifying species from fragmentary remains.[3]
^Evans, D.C.; Cullen, T.M.; Larson, D.W.; Rego, A. (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. Bibcode:2017CaJES..54..813E. doi:10.1139/cjes-2017-0034.
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^"New species of dinosaur named after Canadian icon: Dinosaur species from Alberta". sciencedaily.com. July 17, 2017. Retrieved December 17, 2023.
Albertavenator (meaning "Alberta hunter") is a genus of small troodontid theropod dinosaur, known from the early Maastrichtian in the Cretaceous period...
(2012) supported the monophyly of Troodontidae. Family Troodontidae †Albertavenator †Almas †Geminiraptor †Jianianhualong †Liaoningvenator †Sinornithoides...
production. Dinosaurs found in the Horseshoe Canyon Formation include Albertavenator, Albertosaurus, Anchiceratops, Anodontosaurus, Arrhinoceratops, Atrociraptor...
( Alberta) The proportions of its hindlimb suggest a cursorial lifestyle Albertavenator 2017 Horseshoe Canyon Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) Canada...
this same unit include the theropods Albertosaurus sarcophagus and Albertavenator curriei as well as the spike-crested hadrosaurid Saurolophus osborni...
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