Tag Archive for 'Torvosaurus'

Theropod diversity and largest lateral crowns of theropods from the Morrison Formation of North America: (A) crown of Allosaurus; (B) crown of the megalosaurid Torvosaurus tanneri; (C) crown of the allosaurid Allosaurus sp.; (D) crown of the ceratosaurid Ceratosaurus sp.; (E) crown of the piatnitzkysaurid Marshosaurus bicentessimus; (F) crown of the tyrannosauroid Tanycolagreus topwilsoni; (G) crown of the maniraptoriform Ornitholestes hermanni; (H) crown of the troodontid Hesperornithoides miessleri. Image credit: Lei et al., doi: 10.7717/peerj.16327.

New Study Sheds Light on Dining Habits of Jurassic Carnivorous Dinosaurs

Nov 14, 2023 by News Staff

Paleontologists from Queen Mary University of London and elsewhere have performed an extensive survey of the literature and fossil collections cataloging...

Torvosaurus gurneyi. Image credit: © Sergey Krasovskiy.

Torvosaurus gurneyi: New Giant Dinosaur Discovered in Portugal

Mar 6, 2014 by News Staff

Two paleontologists from Portugal have described a new species of giant dinosaur that lived in what is today Europe during the Jurassic period, about 150...