Saturday, October 10, 2015

Torvosaurus gurneyi

Note: A digitally colored version of the original, available here:
sounder1995.deviantart.com/art…

Torvosaurus gurneyi (Hendrickx & Mateus, 2014)
Sauropsida
Diapsida
Archosauria
Avemetatarsalia
Dinosauria
Saurischia
Theropoda
Tetanurae
Megalosauroidea
Megalosauridae

Late Jurassic
Portugal

Length: 10 m

The largest carnivore to ever walk on European soil, she remained synonymous with her North American sister Torvosaurus tanneri until a new analysis in 2014 discovered enough oral differences between them to warrant her own separate species, in this case named after the writer and illustrator of Dinotopia, James Gurney. 

Saturday, October 10th, 2015

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