Torvosaurus

genus of reptiles (fossil)

Taxon Fossil Taxon Q131537

Facts

11 properties

Instance of: fossil taxon
End time: -148000000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[8]
Length: 10.0^[10]
Location of discovery: United States^[4]
Main food source: carnivore^[9]
Parent taxon: Megalosauridae^[3]
Start time: -153000000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[7]
Taxon name: Torvosaurus^[5]
Taxon rank: genus^[2]
Taxonomic type: Torvosaurus tanneri^[6]
Time period: Late Jurassic^[11]

🏷️ Also known as

en Torvosaurus ar تورفوصور es Torvosaurio fa تورووسورس fr Torvosaure he טורווזאורוס it Torvosaurus it Edmarka it Torvosaurus tanneri ja トルヴォサウルス ja トルボサウルス ko 토르보사우루스 pl Torvosaurus pl Torwozaur pt Torvosaurus pt Torvosaurus tanneri pt Torvossauro ru Torvosaurus ru Torvosaurus tanneri ru Торвозавр

🔖 Identifiers · 10

Image (Wikimedia Commons): Complete skeleton of Torvosaurus.jpg ↗
Encyclopedia of Life ID: 4531497
Fandom article ID: prehistoric-wiki:Torvosaurus
Fossilworks taxon ID: 38587
Freebase ID: /m/04p17r
GBIF-species-ID (before 2026 update): 4822675
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued): 2781416204
Open Tree of Life ID: 4129343
Wolfram Language entity code: Entity["Dinosaur", "Genus:Torvosaurus"]
Yale LUX ID: concept/73fb07c2-f9b8-4ef8-bf81-f0ad97f80c3d

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🔗 Connections

Location of discovery 1

United States

Main food source 1

carnivore

Parent taxon 1

Megalosauridae

Taxon rank 1

genus

Time period 1

Late Jurassic

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Saint-Denis

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Summary

Torvosaurus is a fossil taxon^[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Torvosaurus — taxon rank (P105): genus. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Torvosaurus — parent taxon (P171): Megalosauridae. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Torvosaurus — location of discovery (P189): United States. nhm.ac.uk. nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Torvosaurus — taxon name (P225): Torvosaurus. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Torvosaurus — taxonomic type (P427): Torvosaurus tanneri. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Torvosaurus — start time (P580): 153000000 BC. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Torvosaurus — end time (P582): 148000000 BC. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Torvosaurus — main food source (P1034): carnivore. nhm.ac.uk. nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Torvosaurus — length (P2043): 10.0 m. nhm.ac.uk. nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Torvosaurus — time period (P2348): Late Jurassic. nhm.ac.uk. nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

[1] ↑ Torvosaurus is an instance of fossil taxon (Q23038290) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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