Reptilia - Saurischia - Alvarezsauridae
Full reference: N. R. Longrich and P. J. Currie. 2009. Albertonykus borealis, a new alvarezsaur (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Early Maastrichtian of Alberta, Canada: implications for the systematics and ecology of the Alvarezsauridae. Cretaceous Research 30(1):239-252
Belongs to Albertonykus according to N. R. Longrich and P. J. Currie 2009
See also Currie and Koppelhus 2015, Kubo et al. 2023, Nesbitt et al. 2011 and Xu et al. 2010
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: TMP 2001.45.91, a limb element (left ulna). Its type locality is Albertosaurus Bonebed, Dry Island Buffalo Jump, which is in a Maastrichtian coarse channel fill sandstone in the Horseshoe Canyon Formation of Canada.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Albertosaurus Bonebed, Dry Island Buffalo Jump
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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