Albertosaurus

E379843

Albertosaurus was a large carnivorous theropod dinosaur from Late Cretaceous North America, closely related to Tyrannosaurus rex and known for its powerful jaws and bipedal stance.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Albertosaurus canonical 2
Albertosaurus sarcophagus 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf genus of dinosaur ⓘ
theropod ⓘ
tyrannosaurid ⓘ
approximateLength 8–10 meters ⓘ
approximateMass 1.5–2.5 metric tons ⓘ
belongsToClade Coelurosauria ⓘ
Tyrannosauroidea ⓘ
class Reptilia ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Gorgosaurus ⓘ
linked to: Daspletosaurus

Tyrannosaurus rex ⓘ
linked to: Tyrannosaurus
diet carnivorous ⓘ
ecologicalRole apex predator ⓘ
extinctionStatus extinct ⓘ
family Tyrannosauridae ⓘ
fossilEvidence bonebed with multiple individuals ⓘ
fossilsFoundIn Alberta ⓘ
Montana ⓘ
Saskatchewan ⓘ
foundInFormation Dinosaur Park Formation ⓘ
Horseshoe Canyon Formation ⓘ
geologicalPeriod Late Cretaceous ⓘ
hadAnatomicalFeature large skull ⓘ
long tail ⓘ
powerful jaws ⓘ
sharp serrated teeth ⓘ
short forelimbs ⓘ
two-fingered hands ⓘ
hasCommonName Alberta lizard ⓘ
juvenileGrowthPattern rapid growth during adolescence ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
livedDuringStage Campanian ⓘ
livedIn North America ⓘ
locomotion bipedal ⓘ
namedBy Henry Fairfield Osborn ⓘ
nameEtymology named after the Canadian province of Alberta ⓘ
order Saurischia ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
possibleBehavior pack or group hunting (hypothesized) ⓘ
reproduction oviparous ⓘ
subfamily Albertosaurinae ⓘ
linked to: Tyrannosauridae
suborder Theropoda ⓘ
superorder Dinosauria ⓘ
taxonRank genus ⓘ
temporalRangeEnd about 70 million years ago ⓘ
temporalRangeStart about 76 million years ago ⓘ
typeSpecies Albertosaurus sarcophagus ⓘ
linked to: Albertosaurus
yearDescribed 1905 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tyrannosauridae → includesTaxon → Albertosaurus ⓘ
Albertosaurus → typeSpecies → Albertosaurus sarcophagus ⓘ
linked to: Albertosaurus
Tyrannosauroidea → includesTaxon → Albertosaurus ⓘ