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Dinosaur: Dromaeosaurus albertensis
| Length*: | 2.3 m | 7.5 ft |
| Weight*: | 34 kg | 75 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Campanian
Years: 83.6–72.1 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Matthew & Brown
Year: 1922
Distribution
Area: North America
Country: Canada, USA
Region: Alberta, Montana, Wyoming, Alaska
Formation: Dinosaur Park, Oldman, Judith River, Mesaverde, Prince Creek
Locations
Sources
Material: Incomplete skull and fragmentary skeleton, referred many other specimens and many teeth.
References: Turner A.H., Makovicky P.J., Norell M.A. (2012). A review of dromaeosaurid systematics and paravian phylogeny.Matthew and Brown, (1922). The family Deinodontidae, with notice of a new genus from the Cretaceous of Alberta.Mortimer - Theropod database (online).
