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bird-hipped dinosaur
Albertadromeus
Say it like this: “al-BUHR-tuh-DRO-mee-us”
Albertadromeus syntarsus
Albertadromeus ate plants and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Canada.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
- Named in
- 2013 · Brown, C. M.; Evans, D. C.; Ryan, M. J.; Russell, A. P.
- Hip height
- 0.3 m · 1 ft
- Length
- 1.3 m · 4 ft
- Weight
- 4 kg · 8 lb
- Found in
- Canada · Oldman
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Two legs
- Kind
- bird-hipped dinosaur · Ornithischian
- Family branch
- Orodrominae
The story in short
The genus Albertadromeus dates to 2013, the year C. M. Brown and colleagues described it. The name means “runner from Alberta.”
Fossils referred to Albertadromeus date to the Late Cretaceous (Campanian), roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago. Finds come from Canada, including the Oldman Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Albertadromeus at a length near 1.3 m, hips about 0.3 m high, and a body mass around 4 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Orodrominae, among the bird-hipped dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Koreanosaurus
Koreanosaurus boseongensis
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
Orodromeus
Orodromeus makelai
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
Oryctodromeus
Oryctodromeus cubicularis
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) · roughly 100.5 to 93.9 million years ago