Biology:Albertavenator
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Short description: Extinct genus of dinosaurs
| Albertavenator | |
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| Illustration of the holotype frontal of Albertavenator | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Family: | †Troodontidae |
| Genus: | †Albertavenator Evans et al., 2017 |
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| †Albertavenator curriei Evans et al., 2017
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Albertavenator (meaning "Alberta hunter") 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 during the 1990s.[1][2] Albertavenator's discovery indicates that small dinosaur diversity may be underestimated at present due to the difficulty in identifying species from fragmentary remains.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ Evans, D.C.; Cullen, T.M.; Larson, D.W.; Rego, A. (2017). "A new species of troodontid theropod (Dinosauria: Maniraptora) from the Horseshoe Canyon Formation (Maastrichtian) of Alberta, Canada". Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 54 (8): 813–826. doi:10.1139/cjes-2017-0034. Bibcode: 2017CaJES..54..813E. http://osf.io/b8mqe/.
- ↑ DinoChecker Archives ALBERTAVENATOR
- ↑ "New species of dinosaur named after Canadian icon: Dinosaur species from Alberta". July 17, 2017. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/07/170717091023.htm.
Wikidata ☰ Q33106161 entry
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