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Torvosaurus

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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"
Taxa 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"

scale Germany Callovian Jurassic +10
A collage of four carnosaurs: Yangchuanosaurus (or possibly Sinraptor), Acrocanthosaurus, Concavenator, Allosaurus, Torvosaurus, Suchomimus

A collage of four carnosaurs: Yangchuanosaurus (or possibly Sinraptor), Acrocanthosaurus, Concavenator, Allosaurus, Torvosaurus, Suchomimus

Acrocanthosaurus Allosauria Carnosauria Concavenator +5
Torvosaurus mounted cast, on display at the Museum of Ancient Life, Utah.
Taxa Torvosaurus

Torvosaurus mounted cast, on display at the Museum of Ancient Life, Utah.

Afrovenatorinae Eustreptospondylidae Eustreptospondylinae Intertheropoda +8
Torvosaurus mounted cast, on display at the Museum of Ancient Life, Utah.
Taxa Megalosauroidea

Torvosaurus mounted cast, on display at the Museum of Ancient Life, Utah.

Afrovenatorinae Eustreptospondylidae Eustreptospondylinae Intertheropoda +8
Torvosaurus mounted cast, on display at the Museum of Ancient Life, Utah.
Taxa Megalosauridae

Torvosaurus mounted cast, on display at the Museum of Ancient Life, Utah.

Afrovenatorinae Eustreptospondylidae Eustreptospondylinae Intertheropoda +8
Torvosaurus mounted cast, on display at the Museum of Ancient Life, Utah.
Taxa Megalosaurinae

Torvosaurus mounted cast, on display at the Museum of Ancient Life, Utah.

Afrovenatorinae Eustreptospondylidae Eustreptospondylinae Intertheropoda +8
Torvosaurus mounted cast, on display at the Museum of Ancient Life, Utah.
Taxa Megalosauridae

Torvosaurus mounted cast, on display at the Museum of Ancient Life, Utah.

Afrovenatorinae Eustreptospondylidae Eustreptospondylinae Intertheropoda +8
Torvosaurus mounted cast, on display at the Museum of Ancient Life, Utah.
Taxa Eustreptospondylinae

Torvosaurus mounted cast, on display at the Museum of Ancient Life, Utah.

Afrovenatorinae Eustreptospondylidae Eustreptospondylinae Intertheropoda +8
Torvosaurus mounted cast, on display at the Museum of Ancient Life, Utah.
Taxa Megalosauria

Torvosaurus mounted cast, on display at the Museum of Ancient Life, Utah.

Afrovenatorinae Eustreptospondylidae Eustreptospondylinae Intertheropoda +8
Torvosaurus mounted cast, on display at the Museum of Ancient Life, Utah.
Taxa Spinosauroidea

Torvosaurus mounted cast, on display at the Museum of Ancient Life, Utah.

Afrovenatorinae Eustreptospondylidae Eustreptospondylinae Intertheropoda +8
Torvosaurus mounted cast, on display at the Museum of Ancient Life, Utah.
Taxa Afrovenatorinae

Torvosaurus mounted cast, on display at the Museum of Ancient Life, Utah.

Afrovenatorinae Eustreptospondylidae Eustreptospondylinae Intertheropoda +8
Torvosaurus mounted cast, on display at the Museum of Ancient Life, Utah.
Taxa Intertheropoda

Torvosaurus mounted cast, on display at the Museum of Ancient Life, Utah.

Afrovenatorinae Eustreptospondylidae Eustreptospondylinae Intertheropoda +8
Torvosaurus mounted cast, on display at the Museum of Ancient Life, Utah.
Taxa Eustreptospondylidae

Torvosaurus mounted cast, on display at the Museum of Ancient Life, Utah.

Afrovenatorinae Eustreptospondylidae Eustreptospondylinae Intertheropoda +8
Torvosaurus mounted cast, on display at the Museum of Ancient Life, Utah.
Taxa Streptospondylidae

Torvosaurus mounted cast, on display at the Museum of Ancient Life, Utah.

Afrovenatorinae Eustreptospondylidae Eustreptospondylinae Intertheropoda +8
Torvosaurus mounted cast, on display at the Museum of Ancient Life, Utah.
Taxa Megalosauridae

Torvosaurus mounted cast, on display at the Museum of Ancient Life, Utah.

Afrovenatorinae Eustreptospondylidae Eustreptospondylinae Intertheropoda +8
Torvosaurus mounted cast, on display at the Museum of Ancient Life, Utah.
Taxa Torvosauroidea

Torvosaurus mounted cast, on display at the Museum of Ancient Life, Utah.

Afrovenatorinae Eustreptospondylidae Eustreptospondylinae Intertheropoda +8

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Torvosaurus: Beast of the Week
Torvosaurus: Beast of the Week
bone predator Germany Portugal United States Jurassic Late Jurassic Dinosauria Torvosaurus
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 prehistoricbeastoftheweek