July 18, 2017

Albertavenator curriei illustration (Image courtesy Oliver Demuth)

An article published in the journal “Canadian Journal of Earth Science” describes the identification of a new species of bird-like dinosaur. Called Albertavenator Curriei, it belongs to the troodontid family and lived in today’s Alberta, Canada, about 71 million years ago. The name of the species was chosen by the Royal Ontario Museum and the Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum’s scientists after the famous Canadian paleontologist Philip J. Currie.