Reptilia - Theropoda - Tyrannosauridae

Synonyms: Albertosaurus arctunguis Parks 1928, Deinodon arctunguis Parks 1928

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

Belongs to Albertosaurus according to T. D. Carr 2010

See also Baird and Horner 1979, Bell 2010, Bell and Coria 2013, Brown 1914, Buckley et al. 2018, Carpenter 1992, Carr 1999, Carr et al. 2017, Carr et al. 2005, Carr et al. 2011, Chamberlain et al. 2023, Coulton 1976, Currie 1992, Currie 2000, Currie 2003, Currie et al. 2003, Currie and Koppelhus 2015, Currie et al. 2005, Dalman 2013, Dalman et al. 2018, Drake 1980, Eberth 1997, Erickson et al. 2010, Gauthier 1986, Gilmore 1946, Hay 1930, Holtz 2001, Holtz 2004, Hone et al. 2011, Huene 1926, Huene 1927, Ibiricu et al. 2013, Kuhn 1939, Lowe 1935, Mader and Bradley 1989, Matthew and Brown 1922, McCrea et al. 2014, McDonald et al. 2018, Molnar 1980, Molnar et al. 1990, Molnar and Pledge 1980, Osborn 1905, Parks 1935, Paul 1988, Paulina Carabajal and Currie 2012, Perle 1977, Rauhut 2003, Rivera-Sylva and Carpenter 2014, Russell 1930, Russell 1933, Russell 1964, Russell 1966, Russell 1970, Russell and Chamney 1967, Steel 1970, Stromer 1931, Stromer 1934, Sullivan et al. 2005, Tanke and Currie 2010, Thomson et al. 2013, Urban and Lamanna 2006, Williamson and Brusatte 2014 and Zanno and Makovicky 2011

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

• Albertosaurus sarcophagus: NMC 5600, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Kneehills Creek, GSC (NMC 5600), which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial sandstone in the Horseshoe Canyon Formation of Canada.
• Albertosaurus arctunguis: ROM 807. Its type locality is 2.5 miles above Bleriot ferry, Red Deer River (ROM), which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial horizon in the Horseshoe Canyon Formation of Canada.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.