Species
Valid Extinct

Torvosaurus tanneri

(Galton and Jensen 1979)

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
7
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore Ground dwelling, solitary Terrestrial
Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
Theropoda Unranked clade
Neotheropoda Unranked clade
Averostra Unranked clade
Tetanurae Unranked clade
Megalosauroidea Superfamily
Megalosauridae Family
Megalosaurinae Subfamily
Torvosaurus Genus
Torvosaurus tanneri Species
Fossil sites 7 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇺🇸 United States
7
Geological formations
Temporal distribution
Tithonian (149.2–143.1 Ma)
6
Kimmeridgian (154.8–149.2 Ma)
1
Synonyms (1)
Edmarka rex subjective synonym of Torvosaurus tanneri
Bibliography
Original description
P. M. Galton and J. A. Jensen. 1979. A new large theropod dinosaur from the Upper Jurassic of Colorado. Brigham Young University Geology Studies 26(1):1-12
Bibliography (4)
S. G. Dalman. 2014. New data on small theropod dinosaurs from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation of Como Bluff, Wyoming, USA. Volumina Jurassica 12(2):181-196
M. Hanson and P. J. Makovicky. 2013. A new specimen of Torvoaurus tanneri originally collected by Elmer Riggs. Historical Biology 26(6):775-784 DOI ↗
R. T. Bakker, J. Siegwarth, and D. Kralis, J. Filla. 1992. Edmarka rex, a new, gigantic theropod dinosaur from the middle Morrison Formation, Late Jurassic of the Como Bluff outcrop region. Hunteria 2(9):1-24
P. M. Galton and J. A. Jensen. 1979. A new large theropod dinosaur from the Upper Jurassic of Colorado. Brigham Young University Geology Studies 26(1):1-12