Albertosaurus

Alberta lizard

• Alberta · English (place name) · Alberta, the Canadian province where it was found
• sauros · Greek · lizard

Albertosaurus is named after the province of Alberta, Canada, where its fossils were first found, combined with the Greek word for lizard. Henry Fairfield Osborn named it in 1905 from remains discovered in the Red Deer River area. The name literally means "Alberta lizard".

Named by

Osborn

Year named

1905

Period

Late Cretaceous

Stages

Campanian – Maastrichtian

Found in

Horseshoe Canyon Formation, Alberta, Canada

A tyrannosaurid theropod. The type species is Albertosaurus sarcophagus. Its fossils are mainly known from the Horseshoe Canyon Formation, which dates to roughly the late Campanian to early Maastrichtian. The stage range is approximate.