- Type of dinosaur:
- large theropod
- Length:
- 9.0m
- Weight:
- 1500kg
- Diet:
- carnivorous
- Teeth:
- saw-edged, flesh-slicing teeth
- Food:
- probably plant-eating dinosaurs
- How it moved:
- on 2 legs
- When it lived:
- Late Cretaceous, 76-74 million years ago
- Found in:
- Canada
Albertosaurus was a close relative of Tyrannosaurus, but smaller and not as heavily built.
Taxonomic details
- Taxonomy:
- Dinosauria, Saurischia, Theropoda, Tyrannosauroidea, Tyrannosauridae, Albertosaurinae
- Named by:
- Lamb (1914)
- Type species:
- libratus
