Albertavenator Albertavenator curriei Evans et al. 2017
/ælbˈɜːɾeɪvənˌeɪɾɚ/
estimated
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · 83.6–66 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
carnivore, omnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Where It Was Found
Country
Canada
Region
Alberta
Formation
Horseshoe Canyon
Dig sites
4
distinct collections
Overview
Albertavenator curriei is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 83.6–66.0 million years ago. It was a carnivore, omnivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling. Fossils have been recovered from Alberta, Canada. It was named by Evans et al. 2017. The species is represented by 4 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~15%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 4 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Albertavenator curriei sits in deep time
Albertavenator
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Albertavenator curriei's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.