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ALBERTOSAURUS

"Alberta lizard"

known species
Albertosaurus sarcophagus
Albertosaurus grandis

discovered in...
Alberta, Canada
Alaska and Montana, USA

classification
Ornithodira
Dinosauria
Saurischia
Theropoda
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria
Tyrannosauroidea

size
7 to 9 meters long

time period
Campanian through Early Maastrichtian (Late Cretaceous)

diet
Albertosaurus almost undoubtedly ate the flesh of other dinosaurs, particularly plant eating species of Late Cretaceous North America like the ceratopsian Chasmosaurus and the hadrosaur Anatotitan.
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A running Albertosaurus grandis. Drawing © Chandler Gibbons 2000.