Albertavenator

Alberta hunter

• Alberta · English (place name) · the Canadian province of Alberta
• venator · Latin · hunter

The name combines "Alberta", the Canadian province where the fossils were found, with the Latin word for "hunter". It means "Alberta hunter" and refers to this small predatory troodontid's home and its probable lifestyle. The type species, A. curriei, honours the paleontologist Philip J. Currie.

Named by

Evans et al.

Year named

2011

Period

Late Cretaceous

Stage

Maastrichtian

Found in

Horseshoe Canyon Formation, Alberta, Canada

A small, feathered troodontid theropod. It is known from fragmentary remains, mostly skull material. Valid genus, with the single species A. curriei.