Torvosaurus Torvosaurus gurneyi Hendrickx and Mateus 2014
/ˌtɔːrvoʊˈsɔːrəs/
Late Jurassic (Tithonian) · 152.2–145.1 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
carnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
solitary
Where It Was Found
Country
Portugal
Regions
Lisboa · Centro · Estremadura · Lourinha
Formation
Lourinhã
Dig sites
7
distinct collections
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 is recorded as ground-dwelling and solitary. Fossils have been recovered from Lisboa, Portugal. 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%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 7 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Torvosaurus gurneyi sits in deep time
Torvosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Torvosaurus gurneyi's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.