†Albertosaurus sarcophagus Osborn 1905 (Alberta lizard)
Reptilia - Avetheropoda - Tyrannosauridae
PaleoDB taxon number: 56319
Synonym: Albertosaurus arctunguis Parks 1928 (taxon 63710)
Full reference: H. F. Osborn. 1905. Tyrannosaurus and other Cretaceous carnivorous dinosaurs. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 21(14):259-265
Belongs to Albertosaurus according to T. R. Holtz 2004
Sister taxa: none
Type specimens:
- Albertosaurus sarcophagus: NMC 5600, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Kneehills Creek, GSC (NMC 5600), which is in a Campanian terrestrial sandstone in the Horseshoe Canyon Formation of Canada.
- Albertosaurus arctunguis: ROM 807. Its type locality is 2.5 miles above Bleriot ferry, Red Deer River (ROM), which is in a Campanian terrestrial horizon in the Horseshoe Canyon Formation of Canada.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): coracoid length 148.0, femur length 939.7, fibula length 875.0, humerus length 303.0, radius length 136.0, scapula length 740.0, tibia length 980.0, ulna length 163.0
Estimated body mass: 1.63 tons based on femur length