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Torvosaurus tanneri

Torvosaurus    (Tanner was the Peesident Tanner of the residency of the LDS church.  He got mileage out of flattering the big shots in Salt Lake - something he badly needed since he dealt in the devil’s doctrine of ‘evolution’. Shudder. Penance do you suppose?)


http://www.dinosauromorpha.de/theropoda/torvosaurus_skeleton.JPG

DESCRIBER
Galton & Jensen,1979

TIME
Jurassic Late
Kimmeridgian Tithonian

CLASSIFICATION
Saurischia Theropoda Tetanurae ?Carnosauria

DIET
Carnivore

FOSSILSITE
US

TYPE SPECIES
TORVOSAURUS tanneri

LENGTH
10 meter

INFO
Torvosaurus > T.tanneri

T. comprises a humerus,radius and ulna, although more material is referred, including much of the facial skeleton and vetebral column as well as the pelvis, tibia, fibula, tarsus and metatarsus (Jensen,1985).

T.tanneri has characters unexpected in a Late Jurassic theropod. The lacrimal is slender, especially the dorsal ramus, with only a small horn core. The antebrachial elements are relatively short, about half the length of the humerus, and massive in apperance

ANOTHER VERSION:

Torvosaurus tanneri 
DESCRIBER  Galton & Jensen,1979

TIME   Jurassic Late
Kimmeridgian Tithonian

CLASSIFICATION Saurischia Theropoda Tetanurae ?Carnosauria

DIET Carnivore

FOSSILSITE Morrison Formation, Colorado, US

TYPE SPECIES TORVOSAURUS

LENGTH   10 meter

INFO [Cranial anatomy]
Forelimb elements.


The following information is found at http://www.biologydaily.com/biology/Torvosaurus

Torvosaurus

         Torvosaurus (TORE-vo-SORE-us) was a giant carnivorous dinosaur, similar in appearance to the Tyrannosaurus though it had larger arms, and a bulky body. It lived about 145 million years ago, in the late Jurassic period of North America, and perhaps Portugal. It reached 10 to 12 meters (33 to 40 feet) in length, and weighed from 2 to 5 tonnes (2 to 6 tons), which made it the largest carnivore of its time.
         It was first discovered by James A. Jensen and Kenneth Stadtman in the rocks of the Morrison Formation at the Dry Mesa Quarry , Colorado in 1972. The genera and the type species T. tanneri were named and described in 1979 by Peter M. Galton and Jensen. The name Torvosaurus means "savage lizard" from the Latin torvus ("savage") and the Greek sauros ("lizard").
         The holotype is represented by an upper arm bone (humerus) and lower arm bones (radius, ulna). Additional material includes some skull bones, back bones, hip bones, and hand bones.                                       

CAMARASAURUS lewisi

CATHETOSAURUS lewisi

DYSTYLOSAURUS

HYPSILOPHODON wielandi

IGUANODON ottingeri

PALAEOPTERYX

SUPERSAURUS vivianae

TORVOSAURUS tanneri

Jensen vide Olshevsky, 1991

ULTRASAUROS macintoshi

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