Albertosaurus Osborn 1905 (Alberta lizard)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Tyrannosauridae

Full reference: H. F. Osborn. 1905. Tyrannosaurus and other Cretaceous carnivorous dinosaurs. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 21(14):259-265

Parent taxon: Tyrannosauridae according to T. D. Carr et al. 2017

See also Baird and Horner 1979, Barsbold 1983, Breithaupt 1985, Brown 1914, Brown and Druckenmiller 2011, Buffetaut et al. 1996, Carpenter 1992, Carpenter 1997, Carr 1999, Carr et al. 2005, Carr et al. 2011, Carroll 1988, Clemens 1986, Colbert 1964, Coulton 1976, Currie 1992, Currie 2000, Currie 2000, Currie 2003, Currie et al. 2003, Currie et al. 2003, Dalman 2013, Dodson 1983, Eberth 1997, Erickson et al. 2004, Gauthier 1986, Gilmore 1946, Hay 1930, Hernández-Rivera 1997, Holtz 1997, Holtz 2001, Holtz 2004, Huene 1909, Huene 1926, Huene 1927, Kuhn 1939, Kurzanov 1976, Kurzanov 1989, Lawson 1976, Lehman 1981, Li et al. 2009, Lü et al. 2014, Mader and Bradley 1989, Matthew and Brown 1922, Molnar 1978, Molnar 1980, Molnar 1980, Molnar 1991, Molnar et al. 1990, Nopcsa 1928, Osborn 1905, Padian 1997, Parks 1935, Parsch 1963, Paul 1988, Paulina Carabajal and Currie 2012, Pérez-Moreno et al. 1994, Rauhut 2003, Romer 1956, Romer 1966, Russell 1930, Russell 1970, Russell 1984, Russell and Chamney 1967, Ryan 1997, Ryan 1997, Sereno 1998, Steel 1970, Stromer 1934, Tatarinov 1964, Thulborn 1984, Urban and Lamanna 2006, von Zittel 1911 and Walker 1964

Sister taxa: Albertosaurinae, Aublysodon, Gorgosaurus, Ornithomimus grandis, Tarbosaurus, Tyrannosaurinae, Tyrannosauripodidae, Yezosaurus, Deinodontinae

Subtaxa: Albertosaurus sarcophagus

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Canada (21: Alberta, Saskatchewan collections), Mexico (2), United States (7: Colorado, Missouri, Montana, New Mexico, Wyoming)

Total: 30 collections each including a single occurrence

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