A Guide to the Dinosaurs of Colorado


On Dinosaur Classification

On Scientific Names

The Basics of Taxonomy

An Introduction to Cladistcs

Taxonomy of the Dinosaurs of Colorado

Cladogram of the Dinosaurs of Colorado

About the Dinosaurs of Colorado

Geological
Time Chart


   

Genus Torvosaurus

Taxonomy: Recognized Species
Class Dinosauria
  Subclass Theropodia
    Order Carnosauria
      Family Torvosauridae
T. tanneri Galton and Jensen, 1979
  Colorado, United States

Species in Colorado: Torvosaurus tanneri

Size: Where found:
Not available at this time. Morrison Formation of Mesa County, Colorado

Period: Age:
Late Jurassic Kimmeridgian - Tithonian
  144 to 156 Ma.

Material Found
Species described from a humerus, radius and ulna. Other material referred to the species includes a maxilla and premaxilla with incomplete dentary, caudal vertebra, lacrimal, pubis, and ischium.


Information compiled by Donald L. Blanchard


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