Well attestedNamed from the place
albertosaur
noun · first attested 20th century
The dinosaur is named for a Canadian province.
A tyrannosaurid dinosaur of Late Cretaceous North America.
Record
- Relationship
- Named from the place
- Confidence
- Well attestedThe place link is the standard scholarly account.
- Attested
- 20th century
- Part of speech
- noun
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Alberta
- In English
albertosaur
Albertosaurus was described in 1905 from specimens in the badlands of Alberta, and named for the province in its founding year.
Also pinned to Alberta
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Canada
All 22 entries 20 more words from Canada
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