Describer

Leidy, 1856

Time

Cretaceous Late Campanian

Classification

Saurischia Theropoda Tyrannosauria Tyrannosauridae Tyrannosaurinae Albertosaurini

Diet

Carnivore

Fossilsite

Judith River Formation (Wedge), Montana, US

Fall Under

Albertosaurus

Info

Genus

Albertosaurus = ?Deinodon (Leidy, 1856) Albertosaurus > Albertosaurus incrassatus (Cope, 1876 vide Huene, 1932) >> Laelaps incrassatus (Cope, 1876) ?Deinodon horridus ((Leidy, 1856) ? Laelaps falculus (Cope, 1876) ?Lealaps hazeniasus (Cope, 1876) ?Dryptosaurus kenabekides (Hay, 1899) Albertosaurus > A.sarcophagus (Osborn, 1905) >> A. arctunguis (Parks, 1928)

\\\"terrible tooth\\\" Named for the large size of a dozen teeth belonging to carnivorous dinosaurs, collected by Dr. F.V. Hayden along the Judith River in Nebraska Territory (Montana).