Describer

Cope, 1876 vide Huene, 1932

Time

Cretaceous Late Campanian

Classification

Saurischia Theropoda Tyrannosauria Tyrannosauridae Tyrannosaurinae Albertosaurini

Diet

Carnivore

Fossilsite

Judith River Group (Wedge), Alberta, Canada

Fall Under

Albertosaurus

Info

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)

Renamed species originally described by Edward Drinker Cope in 1876 as Laelaps incrassatus, made the renamed type species of the genus Albertosaurus in 1932 by Friedrich von Huene , as a senior subjective synonym of A.sarcophagus. Holotype: (AMNH 3962) two teeth.