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ALBERTADROMEUS
(al-ber-tah-droe-mee-us)
meaning: "Alberta runner"
Named By: C. M. Brown, D. C. Evans, M. J. Ryan, A. P. Russel in 2013
Time Period: Late Cretaceous
Location: Canada, Alberta - Oldman Formation
Size: Roughly estimated about 1.5-1.6 meters long
Diet: Herbivore
Fossil(s): Incomplete post cranial remains including left tibia and fibula, right fibula, fragmentary metatarsal and ungual, caudal (tail) vertebrae and two dorsal (back) vertebrae, cervical ribs, and ossified tendons
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Ornithischia | Ornithopoda | Thescelosauridae | Orodrominae |
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Albertadromeus is an extinct genus of orodromine thescelosaurid ornithopod dinosaur known from the upper part of the Late Cretaceous Oldman Formation (middle Campanian stage) of Alberta, Canada. It contains a single species, Albertadromeus syntarsus.

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