| Albertavenator currei Temporal range: Late Cretaceous | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | Saurischia |
| Suborder: | Theropoda |
| Family: | Troodontidae |
| Genus: | Albertavenator Evans, et al., 2017 |
Forheads of Troodon (above) and Albertavenator (bottom)
Albertavenator is a genus of small troodontid theropod dinosaur, known from the early Maastrichtian in the Cretaceous period. It contains a single species, A. curriei, named after paleontologist Phil Currie, based on a partial left frontal found in the Horseshoe Canyon Formation of Alberta.[1] Albertavenator's discovery indicates that small dinosaur diversity may be underestimated at present due to the difficulty in identifying species from fragmentary remains.[2]
References
- ↑ (2017) "A new species of troodontid theropod (Dinosauria: Maniraptora) from the Horseshoe Canyon Formation (Maastrichtian) of Alberta, Canada". Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. DOI:10.1139/cjes-2017-0034.
- ↑ https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/07/170717091023.htm
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