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sharp-clawed runner
Albertavenator
Say it like this: “al-BURR-tuh-vuh-NAY-tuhr”
Albertavenator curriei
Albertavenator ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Canada.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Campanian · Maastrichtian) · roughly 83.6 to 66 million years ago
- Named in
- 2017 · Evans, D. C.; Cullen, T. M.; Larson, D. W.; Rego, A.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 2.5 m · 8 ft
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- Canada · Horseshoe Canyon
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Troodontinae
The story in short
The genus Albertavenator dates to 2017, the year D. C. Evans and colleagues described it. The name means “alberta hunter.”
Fossils referred to Albertavenator date to the Late Cretaceous (Campanian · Maastrichtian), roughly 83.6 to 66 million years ago. Finds come from Canada, including the Horseshoe Canyon Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Albertavenator at a length near 2.5 m.
On the family tree it sits in Troodontinae, among the theropod dinosaurs.