Albertosaurus

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Lifesize model of Albertosaurus outside the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Albertosaurus Timeline:

Albertosaurus was a carnivore (meat-eater) that lived from 76 to 74 million years ago

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• Alectrosaurus
  
  
• Cretaceous Period - Albertosaurus lived between about 76 million years ago and 74 million years ago, during the late Cretaceous period
  
  
• Dinosaur Names
  
  
• Dinosaur Types
  
  
• North American Dinosaurs - Albertosaurus lived in North America.
  
  
• Saurischian Dinosaurs
  
  
• Theropod Dinosaurs

Albertosaurus Facts

1. Albertosaurus was a genus of dinosaur.
   
   
2. "Albertosaurus" means "Alberta lizard" (after the province of Alberta in Canada). The name was chosen by Henry Fairfield Osborn in 1905.
   
   
3. Albertosaurus was a member of the Saurischia ("lizard-hipped") order of dinosaurs. What this means, is that although Albertosaurus was not closely related to lizards, it did have similarly shaped pelvic bones.
   
   
4. Albertosaurus was a Theropod - a member of a group of related bipedal dinosaurs that included the ancestors of birds (although Albertosaurus was not itself an ancestor of birds).
   
   
5. Albertosaurus lived between about 76 million years ago and 74 million years ago, during the late Cretaceous period.
   
   
6. Albertosaurus lived in North America.
   
   
7. Albertosaurus was a carnivore (meat-eater).
   
   
8. Albertosaurus may well have been a pack animal with several individuals working together to bring down prey.
   
   
9. Fossils of 22 individuals were found together at one site, which is the reason why scientists think that Albertosaurus was a pack hunter.
   
   
10. Albertosaurus was about 26 feet (7.9 meters) long.
    
    
11. Albertosaurus weighed about 3 tons.

Albertosaurus Pictures and Posters

A Deinosuchus, an alligator ancestor, lunges at an Albertosaurus. 12" X 9" Giclee Print Artist: National Geographic Society.

Albertosaurus (Albertosaurus Sarcophagus) and Chasmosaurus Dinosaurs in the Forest 16" X 12" Photographic Print

Close-Up of Two Albertosaurus Dinosaurs (Albertosaurus Sarcophagus) 16" X 12" Photographic Print

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Albertosaurus Toys

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Albertosaurus Books

Albertosaurus: Death of a Predator (Discoveries in Paleontology) By Monique Keiran Raincoast Books Paperback (56 pages) List Price: $9.95* Lowest Used Price: $18.39* *(As of 14:28 Pacific 3 Feb 2012 More Info) Click Here Product Description: Some 75 million years ago, one dinosaur ended its life. The dinosaur was an Albertosaurus -- distant cousin to the ferocious, meat-eating predator Tyrannosaurus Rex. But its death was also a beginning -- the start of its transformation into a fossil, which lay undiscovered for millennia until the forces of erosion brought the young dinosaur, once again, to light.

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Coelurosaurier: Tyrannosaurus, Albertosaurus, Dromaeosaurider, Daspletosaurus, Nanotyrannus, Anchiornis, Bambiraptor, Deinonychus, Scipionyx (Swedish Edition) By Källa: Wikipedia Books LLC, Wiki Series Paperback (34 pages) List Price: $14.14* Lowest New Price: $14.13* Lowest Used Price: $15.60* Usually ships in 24 hours* *(As of 14:28 Pacific 3 Feb 2012 More Info) Click Here Product Description: Källa: Wikipedia. Sidor: 32. Kapitlen: Tyrannosaurus, Albertosaurus, Dromaeosaurider, Daspletosaurus, Nanotyrannus, Anchiornis, Bambiraptor, Deinonychus, Scipionyx, Haplocheirus, Compsognathus, Balaur, Saurornitholestes, Velociraptor, Sinosauropteryx, Dilong paradoxus, Bistahieversor, Xiongguanlong, Zhuchengtyrannus, Epidexipteryx, Therizinosauroider, Scansoriopterygidae, Raptorex, Pyroraptor, Therizinosaurider, Dryptosaurus, Aviatyrannis jurassica, Mei, Juravenator, Coelurus, Saltopus. Utdrag: Tyrannosaurus rex alternativt T-rex ("Tyrannödlekung"), var en stor dinosaurie som man tror levde i slutet av kritaperioden (cirka 68 - 65 milj. år sedan). Tyrannosaurus levde i Nordamerika, och fossiler från den har bland annat hittats i Alberta, Montana, Utah och New Mexico. Tyrannosaurus rex är enda kända arten inom släktet Tyrannosaurus (några forskare hävdar att det fanns fler). Nära släktingar var till exempel Tarbosaurus som levde i nuvarande Mongoliet och Albertosaurus i Nordamerika (den sistnämnda kan ha varit samtida med Tyrannosaurus). Tyrannosaurus rex beskrevs vetenskapligt 1905, och är en av de mest kända dinosaurierna. Den ansågs länge vara det största köttätande djur som någonsin levt på land. Under 1990-talet fram till nutid har man emellertid hittat flera theropoder som är ännu större, däribland Giganotosaurus och Spinosaurus, men ingen av dem är lika känd. Tyrannosaurus hade en kroppsbyggnad gemensam med andra Tyrannosaurider; den gick uteslutande på bakbenen, vilka var långa och kraftiga. Kroppen var mycket robust, och balanserades av den styva svansen, som dock var relativt kort jämfört med andra stora theropoder (som Allosaurus). Tyrannosaurus hals var kort, S-formad och kraftig för att bära upp det massiva huvudet. Liksom andra Tyrannosaurider hade Tyrannosaurus oproportionerligt små framben, som bara hade två brukliga fingrar. Frambenen förefaller dock ha varit mycket muskulösa för sin ringa storlek, och det finns många teorier om att de faktiskt k...

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