Torvosaurus tanneri

Torvosaurus was one of the largest carnivores of its time, the true terror of the Jurassic.

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Torvosaurus tanneri is a species of theropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic Morrison Formation of North America. A small section of vertebrae from Torvosaurus was uncovered from Dinosaur National Monument during excavations of the Carnegie Quarry in the early 1900s. Today, this vertebrae is now in the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. Torvosaurus was likely the largest theropod in the Morrison Formation.