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Dinosaur: Torvosaurus ingens
| Length*: | 11.3 m | 37.1 ft |
| Weight*: | 5 t | 11,023 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Jurassic
Stage: Kimmeridgian-Tithonian
Years: 154.8–145 Ma
Details
Status: comb. nov.
Author: Soto, Toriño & Perea
Year: 2019
Distribution
Area: Africa, South America
Country: Tanzania, Uruguay
Region: Mtwara, Tacuarembó Department
Formation: Tendaguru, Tacuarembó
Sources
Material: Teeth.
References: Soto, M., Toriño, P., & Perea, D. (2020). A large sized megalosaurid (Theropoda, Tetanurae) from the late Jurassic of Uruguay and Tanzania.
