Albertavenator

{{Short description|Extinct genus of dinosaurs}}

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| fossil_range = Late Cretaceous, {{fossilrange|71.5|71}}

| image = Albertavenator.png

| image_caption = Illustration of the holotype frontal of Albertavenator

| taxon = Albertavenator

| authority = Evans et al., 2017

| type_species = {{extinct}}Albertavenator curriei

| type_species_authority = Evans et al., 2017

}}

Albertavenator (meaning "Alberta hunter") is a genus of small troodontid theropod dinosaur, known from the early Maastrichtian in the Cretaceous period. It contains a single species, A. curriei, named after paleontologist Phil Currie, based on a partial left frontal found in the Horseshoe Canyon Formation of Alberta during the 1990s.{{cite journal |first1=D.C. |last1=Evans |first2=T.M. |last2=Cullen |first3=D.W. |last3=Larson |first4=A. |last4=Rego |year=2017 |title=A new species of troodontid theropod (Dinosauria: Maniraptora) from the Horseshoe Canyon Formation (Maastrichtian) of Alberta, Canada |journal=Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences |volume=54 |issue=8 |pages=813–826 |doi=10.1139/cjes-2017-0034|bibcode=2017CaJES..54..813E |url=http://osf.io/b8mqe/ }}[http://www.dinochecker.com/dinosaurs/ALBERTAVENATOR DinoChecker Archives ALBERTAVENATOR] Albertavenator{{'s}} discovery indicates that small dinosaur diversity may be underestimated at present due to the difficulty in identifying species from fragmentary remains.{{Cite web |date=July 17, 2017 |title=New species of dinosaur named after Canadian icon: Dinosaur species from Alberta |url=https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/07/170717091023.htm |access-date=December 17, 2023 |website=sciencedaily.com}}

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