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Dinosaur: Torvosaurus tanneri
| 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-Early Tithonian
Years: 154.8–145 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Galton & Jensen
Year: 1979
Distribution
Area: North America
Country: USA
Region: Colorado, Wyoming, Utah
Formation: Morrison
Locations
Sources
Material: At least several individuals (maybe also Edmarka rex material).
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.Hanson, M., Makovicky, P. (2014). "A new specimen of Torvosaurus tanneri originally collected by Elmer Riggs".
