Name - Torvosaurus Galton & Jensen 1979

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:570726 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Torvosaurus

• Megalosaurus Parkinson 1822

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Original Description Reference

• A new large theropod dinosaur from the Upper Jurassic of Colorado. Brigham Young University Geology Studies, 26(2) 1979: 1-12. [Zoological Record Volume 123]

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Recent Publications

• A new large theropod dinosaur from the Upper Jurassic of Colorado.
• Torvosaurus gurneyi n. sp., the Largest Terrestrial Predator from Europe, and a Proposed Terminology of the Maxilla Anatomy in Nonavian Theropods.
• A large sized megalosaurid (Theropoda, Tetanurae) from the late Jurassic of Uruguay and Tanzania.
• Closure of Cases (3797, 3825).
• The oldest record of the genus Torvosaurus (Theropoda: Megalosauridae) from the Callovian Ornatenton Formation of north-western Germany.

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