Dinosaur
Albertosaurus
Its small hands had two fingers, in contrast to its huge jaws.
Albertosaurus paired a large head with tiny arms. Researchers also study its anatomy for clues to how its senses worked.
Three stages. One companion.
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Albertosaurus at a glance
- Diet
- Carnivore
- It is interpreted as a consumer of other animals. Hunting and scavenging are not mutually exclusive behaviors.
- When it lived
- Cretaceous
- Group
- Tyrannosauridae
- Tyrannosaurids
- Fossil locations
- Alberta
- Places where fossils have been found
Beyond the game
The real Albertosaurus
It was a bipedal tyrannosaurid with short arms and two-fingered hands. Its large head had numerous teeth, and studies of its anatomy indicate well-developed senses of smell and sight.
Its small hands had two fingers, in contrast to its enormous jaws. The bones of the skull provide clues to organs that are no longer complete. Interpreting smell and sight requires relating these clues to the structure of the animal.
Tyrannosaurids were large theropods with robust skulls. The family contains several distinct genera: not every large meat-eating dinosaur was a tyrannosaur.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
Map references
Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Fossil records: linked collections and publications.Sources & text credits
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- Albertosaurus sarcophagus
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- Albertosaurus
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- Tyrannosauridae
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