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QUICK FACTS
 WHAT'S IN A NAME?
Also known as:
Not Available
Etymology:
"savage lizard"
Pronunciation:
TORE-voh-SORE-us
DISCOVERY
Torvosaurus tanneri
was discovered by Galton in 1979 in the Morrison Formation of Colorado, USA
VITAL STATISTICS
Time Span:
150.8 - 145.5 mya
Length: 9 - 10 m Weight: 1800 - 1950 kg Diet: Carnivore CLASSIFICATION
Class:
Sauropsida
Sub-class:
Diapsida
Super-order:
Dinosauria
Order:
Saurischia
Sub-order:
Theropoda
Infra-order:
Tetanurae
Family:
Megalosauridae
Genus:
Torvosaurus
Species:
tanneri
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A very large Late Jurassic spinosauroid theropod dinosaur from the Morrison Formation of Colorado, USA, Torvosaurus has traditionally been classified as a "megalosaurid", usually providing the reconstructions for the famous English Megalosaurus. However, this classification has recently been questioned, leaving the relationship between Torvosaurus and Megalosaurus equivical.
Torvosaurus is a rare but large dinosaur with a skull estimated to be 1.18 meters long! It lived along side Allosaurus and Ceratosaurus.
