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Where did the Albertosaurus eat?

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Where did the Albertosaurus eat?

Preyed on Duck-Billed Dinosaurs Albertosaurus lived in a rich ecosystem, well-stocked with plant-eating prey including hadrosaurs such as edmontosaurus and lambeosaurus, and numerous ceratopsian (horned and frilled) and ornithomimid (“bird mimic”) dinosaurs.

What did a Albertosaurus eat?

Corythosaurus
Lambeosaurus
Albertosaurus/Eats

How long did an Albertosaurus live?

Most known Albertosaurus individuals were aged 14 years or more at the time of death.

How many teeth did the Albertosaurus have?

The lower jaw of Albertosaurus had 14-16 teeth; the upper jaw had 17-19 teeth. Albertosaurus also had a distinctive short bony crest above the eyes that may have been brightly coloured and used to attract a mate.

When was the first Albertosaurus found?

1884
In 1884, Geological Survey of Canada geologist Joseph Tyrrell discovered an Albertosaurus skull in the badlands along the Red Deer River. This was the first time the world had seen Albertosaurus.

How did the Albertosaurus behave?

The Albertosaurus was a predator that hunted hadrosaurs and other forms of life. It was considered fast for its size at speeds of 25-30 miles per hour. The Albertosaurus may have had pack behavior. This is theorized due to the large concentration of Albertosaurus in the bonebed discovered in 1910.

Can Albertosaurus crush bone?

Albertosaurus and all tyrannosaurids were carnivores. Large tyrannosaurids like Tyrannosaurus rex and Daspletosaurus are known to have pulverized and ingested bones while feeding. However, different jaw adaptations in Albertosaurus and Gorgosaurus suggest that bone-crushing may have been less common in these animals.

What did Albertosaurus look like and eat?

Albertosaurus libratus was a large, meat-eating dinosaur, with a big, wide-muzzled head, small fore-limbs and strong back legs. The body was carried on the back legs, or bipedally. Three functional toes gave this dinosaur a bird-like footprint. Each small forelimb ended in a two-fingered “hand” with claws.

How long did an Albertosaurus Dinosaur live for?

Assuming it survived the depredations of late Cretaceous North America, the average albertosaurus would have reached its maximum size in about 20 years, and may have lived for ten or so years after that (given our current knowledge of dinosaur life spans ).

What kind of teeth did the Albertosaurus have?

Some scientists believe that Albertosaurus had a bite like the Kimono Dragon. A bite that would pass on a septic infection to whatever it bit. This dinosaur was approximately 30 feet long, 11 feet tall at the hips and weighed as much as 3 tons. It also had 15 razor sharp top teeth and 20 bottom teeth.

How big was an Albertosaurus hippopotamus in length?

Quick Albertosaurus Facts. Albertosaurus weighed as much as a hippopotamus. It was 3 car links long. May have hunted in packs. Could run as fast as a grizzly bear. Name means “Lizard of Alberta”.

Where was the Albertosaurus theropod found in Canada?

was a large theropod from the Late Cretaceous. It is famously found in the dinosaur-rich, Horseshoe Canyon Formation of Alberta, Canada. Albertosaurus lived where the Western Interior Seaway had periodically retreated, 76-70 mya.