Albertosaurus Albertosaurus sarcophagus Osborn 1905
/ælˌbɜːrtəˈsɔːrəs/
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · 83.6–66 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
carnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
solitary
Where It Was Found
Country
Canada
Region
Alberta
Formations
Horseshoe Canyon · Scollard · Oldman
Dig sites
16
distinct collections
Overview
Albertosaurus sarcophagus is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 83.6–66.0 million years ago. It was a carnivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and solitary. Fossils have been recovered from Alberta, Canada. It was named by Osborn 1905. The species is represented by 17 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~49%
well attested
Based on 17 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Albertosaurus sarcophagus sits in deep time
Albertosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Albertosaurus sarcophagus'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.