noun
- plural of albertosaurus; large carnivorous theropod dinosaurs from the Cretaceous period, similar to but smaller than Tyrannosaurus rex.
Usage: paleontology; scientific name
Examples
- Albertosauruses roamed North America during the Late Cretaceous period.
- The museum's fossil collection includes several albertosaurus skeletons.
- Paleontologists discovered new albertosaurus specimens in Alberta, Canada.
- Albertosauruses were apex predators that hunted large herbivorous dinosaurs.
- The size of albertosauruses made them formidable hunters of their time.