Torvosaurus
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A collage of four carnosaurs: Yangchuanosaurus (or possibly Sinraptor), Acrocanthosaurus, Concavenator, Allosaurus, Torvosaurus, Suchomimus
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Wiehenvenator
Reconstructed skull of Wiehenvenator albati based on holotype specimen (white). Scale bar is 10cm, image if 10px/cm. Unknown material based on related Torvosaurus tanneri. Cranial anatomy based on Rauhut et al (2016) "A new megalosaurid theropod dinosaur from the late Middle Jurassic (Callovian) of north-western Germany: implications for theropod evolution and faunal turnover in the Jurassic"
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Torvosaurus: Beast of the Week
Today we are going to look at a huge Jurassic predatory dinosaur, Torvosaurus tanneri! Torvosaurus lived about 150 million years ago during the Late Jurassic period. Its bones have been unearthed in Colorado, USA, Portugal, and possibly Germany (Europe and North America were not as vastly separated back then, remember, so a lot of the dinosaurs on each of them from that time shared recent ancestors). From nose to tail it measured up to 36 feet (about 11m) and would have been among the largest,
08/02/2026
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