Albertavenator
Name:
Albertavenator
(Alberta hunter).
Phonetic: Al-ber-tah-ven-ah-tor.
Named By: D. C. Evans, T. M. Cullen, D.
W. Larson & A. Rego - 2017.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Dinosauria,
Theropoda, Maniraptora, Troodontidae.
Species: A. curriei (type).
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Uncertain due to lack of remains.
Known locations: Canada, Alberta - Horseshoe
Canyon Formation.
Time period: Maastrichtian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial remains.
Albertavenator
is a genus of troodontid
dinosaur that lived in Canada towards the end
of the Cretaceous period. The genus name translates as ‘Alberta
hunter’, a reference to where and how it lived. The type species
name, P. curriei is in honour of paleontologist
Philip J. Currie.
Further reading
- A new species of troodontid theropod (Dinosauria: Maniraptora)
from the Horseshoe Canyon Formation (Maastrichtian) of Alberta,
Canada". Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 54 (8). -
D. C. Evans, T. M. Cullen, D. W. Larson &
A. Rego - 2017.
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