Dinosauria › Reptilia › Theropoda › Dromaeosauridae
Dromaeosaurus
Dromaeosaurus albertensis Matthew and Brown 1922
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · 110.1–66 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
carnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Overview
Dromaeosaurus albertensis is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 110.1–66.0 million years ago. It was a carnivore. It was named by Matthew and Brown 1922. The species is represented by 20 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~55%
confidence from occurrence count
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 20 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Dromaeosaurus sits in deep time
Dromaeosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Dromaeosaurus's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.