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 Albertosaurus



Albertosaurus was a tyrannosaurid from what is now North America. It lived during the late Cretaceous, just before the K - T mass extinction.

The earliest dinosaur remains to be found in Alberta, Canada, were Albertosaurus bones. They were found in 1884 by J. B. Tyrrell, after whom the world-famous dinosaur museum in Drumheller was named.

Albertosaurus was one of the most abundant predators of the North American Cretaceous plains, and despite its great weight it was probably a fast runner, running down its prey, which would have consisted of duckbills. It is much better known as its remains are more numerous.

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