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Silhouette of Torvosaurus

Torvosaurus

Torvosaurus gurneyi Hendrickx and Mateus 2014

Late Jurassic (Tithonian) · 152.2–145.1 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
carnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Overview

Torvosaurus gurneyi is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Jurassic, roughly 152.2–145.1 million years ago. It was a carnivore. It was named by Hendrickx and Mateus 2014. The species is represented by 7 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.

Fossil Record Completeness

How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record

~24%
fragmentary record
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 7 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time

Where Torvosaurus sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Torvosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

These species share Torvosaurus's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.

predator–prey
Giraffatitan
Giraffatitan brancai
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predator–prey
Kentrosaurus
Kentrosaurus aethiopicus
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predator–prey
Brontosaurus
Brontosaurus excelsus
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coexisted–with
Camarasaurus
Camarasaurus grandis
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coexisted–with
Dacentrurus
Dacentrurus armatus
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same–clade
Fujianvenator
Fujianvenator prodigiosus
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same–clade
Zhengheornis
Zhengheornis buyu
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same–clade
Baminornis
Baminornis zhenghensis
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