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Albertosaurinae

Reptilia - Tyrannosauridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Albertosaurinae Currie p. 652
2003Albertosaurinae Currie et al. p. 230
2004Albertosaurinae Holtz, Jr. p. 112
2018Albertosaurinae Dalman et al. p. 125
2024Albertosaurinae Rivera-Sylva and Longrich p. 261

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
RankNameAuthor
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
superfamilyTyrannosauroidea
familyTyrannosauridae
subfamilyAlbertosaurinae
subfamilyAlbertosaurinae

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subfm. †Albertosaurinae Currie et al. 2003
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G. †Albertosaurus Osborn 1905 [Alberta lizard]
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Invalid names: Albertosaurus arctunguis Parks 1928 [synonym]
G. †Gorgosaurus Lambe 1914
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†Gorgosaurus libratus Lambe 1914
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Invalid names: Dryptosaurus kenabekides Hay 1899 [synonym], Gorgosaurus sternbergi Matthew and Brown 1922 [synonym], Laelaps falculus Cope 1876 [synonym], Laelaps hazenianus Hay 1902 [synonym], Laelaps incrassatus Cope 1876 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Maximum body mass: 3000 kgg
Minimum body mass: 1000 kgg
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:39:15
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:39:15
Source: g = genus, subo = suborder, o = order
References: Peczkis 1995, Marsh 1875, Benton 1983

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Campanian to the top of the Lancian or 83.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (53 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Santonian - Middle Campanian85.7 - 72.2USA (Missouri) Albertosaurus sp. (45679)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Alberta) Albertosaurus libratus (52481 52484 52485)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Colorado) Albertosaurus sp. (66908)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (North Carolina) Aublysodon sp. (106277)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Mexico (Sonora) Albertosaurus sp. (46163 91378)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Montana) Gorgosaurus sp. (167468)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Alberta) Albertosaurus libratus (22659) Albertosaurus sp. (22699) Daspletosaurus sp. (219724) Deinodon sp. (11897) Gorgosaurus libratus (11890 47629) Gorgosaurus sp. (11893 11895 11896 58913 58944 59024)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (New Mexico) Albertosaurus sp. (34826 36269)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Montana) Albertosaurus sp. (14492) Dryptosaurus kenabekides (69213) Laelaps falculus (58156)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Saskatchewan) Albertosaurus sp. (14494 75030) Gorgosaurus sp. (229975)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0USA (Colorado) Albertosaurus sp. (56614)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) Albertosaurus sarcophagus (152268 206395 206396 206397 206399 235954) Albertosaurus sp. (34744 152270)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) Albertosaurus arctunguis (11900) Albertosaurus sarcophagus (11902 55363 204724 229870) Albertosaurus sp. (94370 220119) Daspletosaurus sp. (76062) Daspletosaurus torosus (11916) Laelaps incrassatus (11901) Theropoda indet. (11899)
Lancian72.2 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Albertosaurus sp. (14557)
Lancian72.2 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) Gorgosaurus sp. (14537)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) Laelaps incrassatus (11898)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) Gorgosaurus sp. (74175)