Reptilia - Theropoda - Megalosauridae
Full reference: C. Hendrickx and O. Mateus. 2014. Torvosaurus gurneyi n. sp., the largest terrestrial predator from Europe, and a proposed terminology of the maxilla anatomy in nonavian theropods. PLoS ONE 9(3):e88905:1-25
Belongs to Torvosaurus according to O. W. M. Rauhut et al. 2020
See also Aureliano et al. 2018, Brougham et al. 2019, Carvalho 2020, Hendrickx and Mateus 2014, Malafaia et al. 2019, Mocho et al. 2017, Mocho et al. 2019, Rauhut et al. 2016 and Rauhut et al. 2018
Sister taxa: Megalosaurus ingens, Torvosaurus tanneri
Type specimen: ML 1100, a maxilla. Its type locality is Praia da Vermelha, which is in a Kimmeridgian terrestrial horizon in the Lourinhã Formation of Portugal.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Portugal (7 collections)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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