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Albertosaurus lived about 70 million years ago in western North America and, although smaller than its close relative Tyrranosaurus rex, was a fearsome carnivorous hunter.
- What era did Albertosaurus live in?
- When was Albertosaurus found?
- What is an Albertosaurus When and where was it found?
- What's the spitting dinosaur in Jurassic Park?
- What color was Albertosaurus?
- How was the Albertosaurus found?
- Where did the T rex live in the world?
- What did the Albertosaurus look like?
- Why is the Albertosaurus called the Albertosaurus?
- What's the difference between Albertosaurus and T Rex?
- Is Albertosaurus bigger than Allosaurus?
- What dinosaurs had 500 teeth?
- What did Daspletosaurus look like?
What era did Albertosaurus live in?
Albertosaurus, (genus Albertosaurus), usually subsumes Gorgosaurus, large carnivorous dinosaurs of the Late Cretaceous Period (99.6 million to 65.5 million years ago) found as fossils in North America and eastern Asia.
When was Albertosaurus found?
Fossils description
The first fossils of Albertosaurus were found by 25-year-old geologist, Joseph B Tyrrell, on 9 June 1884 in the Horseshoe Canyon Formation of Red Deer River in Alberta, Canada.
What is an Albertosaurus When and where was it found?
was a large theropod from the Late Cretaceous. It is famously found in the dinosaur-rich, Horseshoe Canyon Formation of Alberta, Canada. Albertosaurus lived where the Western Interior Seaway had periodically retreated, 76-70 mya.
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 color was 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).
How was the Albertosaurus found?
In 1884, Geological Survey of Canada geologist Joseph Tyrrell discovered an Albertosaurus skull in the badlands along the Red Deer River. ... As a two-legged walker and runner (at speeds approaching 30 km/hour), the three-metre tall Albertosaurus was able to see and quickly chase down potential prey.
Where did the T rex live in the world?
rex lived at any one time and that about 127,000 generations of the dinosaurs lived and died. Those averages imply that a total of 2.5 billion T. rex lived in the species' native North America, possibly as far north as Alaska and as far south as Mexico, over a two- to three-million-year timespan.
What did the Albertosaurus look like?
Description: Albertosaurus libratus was a large, meat-eating dinosaur, with a big, wide-muzzled head, small fore-limbs and strong back legs. ... This dinosaur has been described as a lighter, smaller version of Tyrannosaurus rex. Adults reached up to 30 feet (9 meters) in length.
Why is the Albertosaurus called the Albertosaurus?
The type species is Albertosaurus sarcophagus; the specific name is derived from Ancient Greek σαρκοφάγος (sarkophagos) meaning "flesh-eating" and having the same etymology as the funeral container with which it shares its name: a combination of the Greek words σαρξ/sarx ("flesh") and φαγειν/phagein ("to eat").
What's 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.)
Is Albertosaurus bigger than Allosaurus?
Allosaurus and Albertosaurus were both medium sized carnivores and at the top of the food chain. Allosaurus, though, was slightly heavier and larger than Albertosaurus. This would mean that Allosaurus could of used it's size and wieght to overpower the Albertosaurus.
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.
What did Daspletosaurus look like?
Daspletosaurus torosus was built much like T. rex but smaller, with a large skull and a long muscular tail. It had pronounced crests in front of and behind the eyes, giving it a distinctive appearance. This tyrannosaur was one of the first for which clavicles were described.
