Dinosaur
Torvosaurus
Its fossils are confirmed in both the United States and Portugal.
Torvosaurus is known from finds on both sides of what is now the Atlantic.
Three stages. One companion.
Game artwork
AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.
Torvosaurus at a glance
- Diet
- Carnivore
- It is interpreted as a consumer of other animals. Hunting and scavenging are not mutually exclusive behaviors.
- When it lived
- Jurassic
- Group
- Megalosauridae
- Megalosaurids
- Fossil locations
- Germany, Portugal, Colorado
- Places where fossils have been found
Beyond the game
The real Torvosaurus
It was one of the large carnivores in its environment, with species measuring about nine meters. Species are recognized in North America and Portugal, in addition to German material still without a specific name.
Its fossils are confirmed in both the United States and Portugal. Distinguishing species and materials that do not yet have a specific name avoids treating all these fossils as if they were identical. Each set preserves different information about the diversity of these large carnivores.
This grouping describes evolutionary relationships. Its members share ancestors; they do not form a chain in which one must turn into another.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
Map references
Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Fossil records: linked collections and publications.Sources & text credits
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- Torvosaurus
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- Megalosauridae
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