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Torvosaurus gurneyi

Reptilia - Megalosauridae

Taxonomy
Torvosaurus gurneyi was named by Hendrickx and Mateus (2014). Its type specimen is ML 1100, a maxilla, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Praia da Vermelha, which is in a Kimmeridgian terrestrial horizon in the Lourinhã Formation of Portugal.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2014Torvosaurus gurneyi Hendrickx and Mateus p. 9 fig. 4–8
2016Torvosaurus gurneyi Rauhut et al. p. 7
2017Torvosaurus gurneyi Mocho et al. p. 7
2018Torvosaurus gurneyi Aureliano et al. p. 287
2018Torvosaurus gurneyi Rauhut et al. p. 19
2019Torvosaurus gurneyi Brougham et al. p. 12
2019Torvosaurus gurneyi Malafaia et al. p. 170
2019Torvosaurus gurneyi Mocho et al. p. 2
2020Torvosaurus gurneyi Carvalho p. 14
2020Torvosaurus gurneyi Rauhut et al. p. 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
RankNameAuthor
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
superfamilyMegalosauroidea()
familyMegalosauridae()
subfamilyMegalosaurinae
genusTorvosaurus
speciesgurneyi

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Torvosaurus gurneyi Hendrickx and Mateus 2014
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
C. Hendrickx and O. Mateus 2014Megalosauroid theropod with maxillae bearing fewer than eleven teeth and possessing fused interdental plates with straight ventral margin forming an interdental wall nearly coincidental with the lateral wall of the maxillary body. Differs from Torvosaurus tanneri by fewer than eleven maxillary alveoli, the absence of interdental plates terminating ventrally by broad V- shaped points and falling short relative to the lateral wall, the absence of a protuberant ridge on the anterior part of the medial shelf, posterior to the anteromedial process, and the coincidental posterior extension of the dorsal and medial ridges of the anteromedial process.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoreo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2004-12-14 12:50:08
Modified: 2004-12-14 14:50:08
Source: o = order
Reference: Marsh 1875

Age range: Late/Upper Kimmeridgian or 155.70000 to 150.80000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Portugal (Estremadura) Torvosaurus sp. (49265)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Portugal (Lisboa) Torvosaurus sp. (68905 154726)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Portugal (Centro) Torvosaurus gurneyi (49304) Torvosaurus tanneri (type locality: 68904)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Portugal (Lourinha) Torvosaurus tanneri (154212)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian155.7 - 145.0Portugal (Lisboa) Carnosauria indet. (49230)