Torvosaurus tanneri

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Torvosaurus tanneri is a species of theropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic Morrison Formation of North America. It is known from the Carnegie Quarry at Dinosaur National Monument from a single bone, the humerus. This upper arm bone is more robust and straighter than its more common contemporary, Allosaurus. Torvosaurus was likely the largest theropod in the Morrison Formation.

 

Torvosaurus Facts

Torvosaurus is both Latin and Greek meaning “savage lizard.”
It is one of the rarest theropods in the Morrison Formation.
Torvosaurus was one of the largest carnivores of its time, the true terror of the Jurassic.