[D] Albertosaurus sternbergi
Describer
Matthew & Brown, 1923 [vide Russell, 1970]
Time
Cretaceous Late Campanian
Classification
Saurischia Theropoda Tyrannosauria Tyrannosauridae Tyrannosaurinae Albertosaurini
Diet
Carnivore
Fossilsite
Alberta, Canada
Fall Under
Gorgosaurus
Length
8 meter
Info
Gorgosaurus > Gorgosaurus libratus (Lambe, 1914) >> Albertosaurus libratus (Lambe, 1914) Gorgosaurus > Gorgosaurus sternbergi (Matthew & Brown, 1923) >> Albertosaurus sternbergi (Matthew & Brown, 1923)
See Gorgosaurus sternbergi and Gorgosaurus libratus. Current status: Renamed species originally described by William Matthew and Barnum Brown in 1922 (name only) and 1923 (full description); referred to the genus Albertosaurus by Dale Alan Russell in 1970 because he regarded Albertosaurus as a senior synonym of Gorgosaurus. Later work by Phillip Currie at the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology has shown that these two dinosaurs are, in fact, separate and valid genera.
Matthew & Brown, 1923 [vide Russell, 1970]
Time
Cretaceous Late Campanian
Classification
Saurischia Theropoda Tyrannosauria Tyrannosauridae Tyrannosaurinae Albertosaurini
Diet
Carnivore
Fossilsite
Alberta, Canada
Fall Under
Gorgosaurus
Length
8 meter
Info
Gorgosaurus > Gorgosaurus libratus (Lambe, 1914) >> Albertosaurus libratus (Lambe, 1914) Gorgosaurus > Gorgosaurus sternbergi (Matthew & Brown, 1923) >> Albertosaurus sternbergi (Matthew & Brown, 1923)
See Gorgosaurus sternbergi and Gorgosaurus libratus. Current status: Renamed species originally described by William Matthew and Barnum Brown in 1922 (name only) and 1923 (full description); referred to the genus Albertosaurus by Dale Alan Russell in 1970 because he regarded Albertosaurus as a senior synonym of Gorgosaurus. Later work by Phillip Currie at the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology has shown that these two dinosaurs are, in fact, separate and valid genera.