Dinosaurs found in
Alberta
79 kinds of dinosaur have been found in Alberta, Canada, from 735 recorded finds. The best known are Tyrannosaurus, Triceratops and Ankylosaurus.
Most of the fossils come from the Dinosaur Park Formation, the Oldman Formation, the Horseshoe Canyon Formation, the Milk River Formation and the Foremost Formation.
Where the fossils were found
From the field
Famous dinosaurs from Alberta
Hell Creek Fm.Named 1905
Tyrannosaurus rex
12 mCarnivoreLate Cretaceous
Hell Creek Fm.Named 1889
Triceratops
9 mHerbivoreLate Cretaceous
Ferris Fm.Named 1908
Ankylosaurus
8 mHerbivoreLate Cretaceous
Kirtland Fm.Named 1922
Parasaurolophus
9.5 mHerbivoreLate Cretaceous
Clearwater Fm.Named 2017
Borealopelta
5.5 mHerbivoreEarly Cretaceous
Hell Creek Fm.Named 1917
Edmontosaurus
12 mHerbivoreLate Cretaceous
Dinosaur Park Fm.Named 1856
Troodon
2.4 mOmnivoreLate Cretaceous
Horseshoe Canyon Fm.Named 1905
Albertosaurus
9 mCarnivoreLate Cretaceous
All 79 dinosaurs found in Alberta
- Tyrannosaurus
- Triceratops
- Ankylosaurus
- Parasaurolophus
- Borealopelta
- Edmontosaurus
- Troodon
- Albertosaurus
- Styracosaurus
- Gorgosaurus
- Daspletosaurus
- Saurolophus
- Pachyrhinosaurus
- Hadrosaurus
- Ornithomimus
- Struthiomimus
- Dromaeosaurus
- Thescelosaurus
- Atrociraptor
- Corythosaurus
- Lambeosaurus
- Chasmosaurus
- Centrosaurus
- Stenonychosaurus
- Euoplocephalus
- Edmontonia
- Saurornitholestes
- Stegoceras
- Brachylophosaurus
- Hypacrosaurus
- Scolosaurus
- Eotriceratops
- Latenivenatrix
- Thanatotheristes
- Leptoceratops
- Anodontosaurus
- Gryposaurus
- Monoclonius
- Albertaceratops
- Anchiceratops
- Arrhinoceratops
- Regaliceratops
- Prosaurolophus
- Vagaceratops
- Avimimus
- Chirostenotes
- Brontotholus
- Hesperonychus
- Sphaerotholus
- Parksosaurus
- Avaceratops
- Richardoestesia
- Xenoceratops
- Panoplosaurus
- Dromiceiomimus
- Albertonykus
- Wendiceratops
- Coronosaurus
- Dyoplosaurus
- Montanoceratops
- Acrotholus
- Paronychodon
- Citipes
- Prenoceratops
- Albertavenator
- Plesiolophus
- Caenagnathus
- Apatoraptor
- Rativates
- Colepiocephale
- Foraminacephale
- Epichirostenotes
- Boreonykus
- Unescoceratops
- Gryphoceratops
- Platypelta
- Leptorhynchos
- Gremlin
- Spinops
