Megalosaurid theropod dinosaur genus from Late Jurassic Period
Not to be confused with Torosaurus.
Torvosaurus
Temporal range: Middle - Late Jurassic (Callovian to Tithonian), 165–148 Ma
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Mounted T. tanneri skeletal reconstruction, Museum of Ancient Life
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Clade:
Dinosauria
Clade:
Saurischia
Clade:
Theropoda
Family:
†Megalosauridae
Subfamily:
†Megalosaurinae
Genus:
†Torvosaurus Galton & Jensen, 1979
Type species
†Torvosaurus tanneri
Galton & Jensen, 1979
Other species
†T. gurneyi Hendrickx & Mateus, 2014
Synonyms
Ceratosaurus ingens? Janensch, 1920 (in part)
Megalosaurus ingens? Janensch, 1920 (in part)
Edmarka rex Bakker et al., 1992
"Brontoraptor" Siegwarth et al., 1996 (nomen nudum)
Torvosaurus (/ˌtɔːrvoʊˈsɔːrəs/) is a genus of large megalosaurine theropod dinosaur that lived approximately 165 to 148 million years ago during the Callovian to Tithonian ages of the late Middle and Late Jurassic period in what is now Colorado, Portugal, Germany, and possibly England, Spain, Tanzania, and Uruguay. It contains two currently recognized species, Torvosaurus tanneri and Torvosaurus gurneyi, plus a third unnamed species from Germany.[1]
In 1979, the type species Torvosaurus tanneri was named. It is a large, heavily built, bipedal carnivore that could grow to a length of about 9 meters (30 ft) and weigh approximately 2 metric tons (2.2 short tons). T. tanneri was among the largest terrestrial carnivores of its time, alongside Epanterias and Saurophaganax (which could both be synonymous with Allosaurus). Specimens of Torvosaurus gurneyi were measured up to 10–11 meters (33–36 ft) in length and 4–5 metric tons (4.4–5.5 short tons) in body mass,[2][3] suggesting that it was much larger than T. tanneri and was the largest terrestrial carnivore in Europe during the late Jurassic. Based on bone morphology, Torvosaurus is thought to have had very powerful short arms.
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^Hendrickx, C.; Mateus, O. (2014). Evans, Alistair Robert (ed.). "Torvosaurus gurneyi n. sp., the Largest Terrestrial Predator from Europe, and a Proposed Terminology of the Maxilla Anatomy in Nonavian Theropods". PLOS ONE. 9 (3): e88905. Bibcode:2014PLoSO...988905H. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0088905. PMC 3943790. PMID 24598585.
^Mateus, Octávio; Walen, Aart; Antunes, Miguel Telles (2006). "The large theropod fauna of the Lourinha Formation (Portugal) and its similarity to that of the Morrison Formation, with a description of a new species of Allosaurus". In Foster, John R.; Lucas, Spencer G. (eds.). Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin, 36. Albuquerque, New Mexico: New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science. pp. 123–129.
recognized species, Torvosaurus tanneri and Torvosaurus gurneyi, plus a third unnamed species from Germany. In 1979, the type species Torvosaurus tanneri was...
domesticus. Members of the group include Spinosaurus, Megalosaurus, and Torvosaurus. They are possibly paraphyletic in nature with respect to Allosauroidea...
found in the Morrison Formation, bigger than both its contemporaries Torvosaurus tanneri and Allosaurus fragilis, reaching 10.5 metres (34 ft) in length...
synonym of Allosaurus) Yangchuanosaurus, a large theropod from Asia Torvosaurus, a large Jurassic carnivore, from North America and Europe Ceratosaurus...
including Poekilopleuron valesdunesis, now known as Dubreuillosaurus, Torvosaurus, Afrovenator, and all descendants of their common ancestor. Allain also...
Ceratosaurus shared its habitat with other large theropod genera, including Torvosaurus and Allosaurus, and it has been suggested that these theropods occupied...
discovered at the Lourinhã Formation and probably competed with coeval Torvosaurus gurneyi, Allosaurus europaeus, and Ceratosaurus. Its first remains were...
in Shanxi, China go back to at least 1982. These were interpreted as Torvosaurus remains in 2012. An astragalus (ankle bone) thought to belong to a species...
from its maxilla, which has 82 percent of the length of the maxilla of Torvosaurus gurneyi, itself estimated at 10 metres (33 ft). Another estimate can...
inducted as a Living Master by the Art Renewal Center. The dinosaur Torvosaurus gurneyi was named in honor of Gurney in 2014. "Marvel at Dinotopia: The...
muscular animal, though the lower leg was not as heavily built as that of Torvosaurus, a close relative. The skull of Megalosaurus is poorly known. The discovered...
the second. Some genera are shared in Morrison and Lourinhã, such as Torvosaurus, Ceratosaurus, Stegosaurus, Dryosaurus, and Allosaurus. In sum, Morrison...
dinosaur fossils have been discovered, such as Allosaurus, Ceratosaurus, Torvosaurus, Saurophaganax, Camptosaurus, Ornitholestes, several stegosaurs comprising...
Supersaurus, and Torvosaurus. The quarry is found within the Uncompahgre National Forest. In 1971, a large theropod phalanx (Torvosaurus tanneri) was discovered...
including skeletons in the Galeamopus, Daspletosaurus, and Torvosaurus genera. The Torvosaurus skeleton, installed in 2018, is the most complete skeleton...
theropods Koparion, Stokesosaurus, Ornitholestes, Ceratosaurus, Allosaurus, Torvosaurus and Saurophaganax, as well as the herbivorous ornithischians Camptosaurus...
Predators in this paleoenvironment included the theropods Saurophaganax, Torvosaurus, Ceratosaurus, Marshosaurus, Stokesosaurus, Ornitholestes and Allosaurus...
theropods Allosaurus, Ceratosaurus, Ornitholestes, Saurophaganax, and Torvosaurus; the sauropods Brontosaurus, Brachiosaurus, Camarasaurus, and Diplodocus;...
1016/S1631-0683(03)00003-4. Hendrickx, Christophe; Mateus, Octávio (2014). "Torvosaurus gurneyi n. sp., the Largest Terrestrial Predator from Europe, and a Proposed...
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