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Dinosaur: Torvosaurus gurneyi
| Length*: | 10.9 m | 35.8 ft |
| Weight*: | 4.5 t | 9,921 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Jurassic
Stage: Late Kimmeridgian
Years: 154.8–149.2 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Hendrickx & Mateus
Year: 2014
Distribution
Area: Europe
Country: Portugal
Region: Lisbon
Formation: Lourinhã
Locations
Sources
Material: Maxilla, tooth and partial proximal caudal centrum, referred several fragments.
References: Hendrickx, C. & Mateus, O. (2014) Torvosaurus gurneyi n. sp., the Largest Terrestrial Predator from Europe, and a Proposed Terminology of the Maxilla Anatomy in Nonavian Theropods.
