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Although there has been much discussion about whether tyrannosaurids such as Albertosaurus were predators or scavengers, it is actually likely that they utilized both feeding strategies, capturing live prey when possible but scavenging if they happened on to a carcass.
- Was the Albertosaurus a predator?
- Did T rex and Albertosaurus live together?
- Was the Albertosaurus a herbivore?
- What's the spitting dinosaur in Jurassic Park?
- What does the Albertosaurus name mean?
- Was Albertosaurus a pack hunter?
- Which came first Triassic or Jurassic?
- What is the difference between Albertosaurus and T Rex?
- What is the difference between gorgosaurus and Albertosaurus?
- How did the Albertosaurus behave?
- What color is a Albertosaurus?
- What dinosaurs had 500 teeth?
Was the Albertosaurus a predator?
As a tyrannosaurid, Albertosaurus was a bipedal predator with tiny, two-fingered hands and a massive head that had dozens of large, sharp teeth. It may have been at the top of the food chain in its local ecosystem.
Did T rex and Albertosaurus live together?
Albertosaurus was a member of the tyrannosaur family, the same group of dinosaurs that includes Tyrannosaurus rex. Albertosaurus lived a few million years before T. rex.
Was the Albertosaurus a herbivore?
Albertosaurus lived in the late Cretaceous period, about 76-74 million years ago, toward the end of the Mesozoic, the Age of Reptiles. Albertosaurus was a carnivore (a meat eater). It probably ate plant-eating dinosaurs.
What's the spitting dinosaur in Jurassic Park?
The poison-spitting dinosaur reconstructed in Jurassic Park is Dilophosaurus. At the time the movie was produced, there was no evidence that this or any other dinosaur spat poison or had poisonous saliva of any kind.
What does the Albertosaurus name mean?
Albertosaurus means 'lizard from Alberta' in Greek (in honour of Alberta, Canada, where many of the fossils have been discovered) and sarcophagus is Greek for 'flesh-eating'.
Was Albertosaurus a pack hunter?
Albertosaurus probably hunted hadrosaurs, the duck-billed dinosaurs, among other prey. Scientists believe that these dinosaurs may have hunted in packs.
Which came first Triassic or Jurassic?
Triassic Period, in geologic time, the first period of the Mesozoic Era. It began 252 million years ago, at the close of the Permian Period, and ended 201 million years ago, when it was succeeded by the Jurassic Period.
What is the difference between Albertosaurus and T Rex?
Less Than Half the Size of Tyrannosaurus Rex
A full-grown albertosaurus measured about 30 feet from head to tail and weighed about two tons, as opposed to the Tyrannosaurus rex that measured in at over 40 feet long and weighed seven or eight tons. ... (Albertosaurus was almost certainly a faster runner than T. rex.)
What is the difference between gorgosaurus and Albertosaurus?
Gorgosaurus and Albertosaurus are extremely similar, distinguished mainly by subtle differences in the teeth and skull bones. Some experts consider G. libratus to be a species of Albertosaurus; this would make Gorgosaurus a junior synonym of that genus.
How did the Albertosaurus behave?
The Albertosaurus was a predator that hunted hadrosaurs and other forms of life. It was considered fast for its size at speeds of 25-30 miles per hour. The Albertosaurus may have had pack behavior. ... While herbivores have been known to travel in herds this is more of a rare occurrence in dinosaur predators.
What color is a Albertosaurus?
No one knows what color Albertosaurus was (or indeed, what color any of the dinosaurs were). Albertosaurus was about 30 feet (9 m) long, about 11 feet (3.4 m) tall at the hips, and up to 3 tons in weight (averaging roughly 2500 kg).
What dinosaurs had 500 teeth?
This bizarre, long-necked dinosaur is characterized by its unusually broad, straight-edged muzzle tipped with more than 500 replaceable teeth. The original fossil skull of Nigersaurus is one of the first dinosaur skulls to be digitally reconstructed from CT scans.
