Torvosaurus

Torvosaurus tanneri · Torvosaurus was a large predatory dinosaur that lived in the Jurassic period in what is now Colorado, Portugal, Germany, and possibly other places.

It lived about 165 to 146.5 million years ago.

Torvosaurus
Photo: Fred Wierum, CC BY-SA 4.0
Torvosaurus
Photo: GabrielRiehl, CC BY-SA 4.0
Torvosaurus
Photo: TotalDino, CC BY 4.0

Taxonomy

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassReptilia
OrderSaurischia
FamilyMegalosauridae
GenusTorvosaurus
SpeciesTorvosaurus tanneri

Where its fossils were found

Western USA (Colorado, Wyoming, Utah), Portugal and Germany.

Fun facts

  • Torvosaurus had very powerful, short arms.
  • Torvosaurus laid eggs, and its eggs were probably buried to hatch, much like modern sea turtles' eggs.
  • The biggest Torvosaurus gurneyi teeth were 15 centimetres tall, among the largest theropod teeth ever found.
  • Torvosaurus gurneyi is the largest named meat-eating dinosaur known from Europe.

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Facts and taxonomy adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).