Editing Torvosaurus (section)

{{short description|Megalosaurid theropod dinosaur genus from Late Jurassic Period}}
{{Distinguish|Torosaurus}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2023}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| fossil_range = [[Middle Jurassic|Middle]] - [[Late Jurassic]] ([[Callovian]] to [[Tithonian]]), {{fossil range|165|148}}
| image = Torvosaurus Museum of Ancient Life 2.jpg
| image_upright = 1.1
| image_caption = Mounted ''T. tanneri'' skeletal reconstruction, [[Museum of Ancient Life]]
| taxon = Torvosaurus
| authority = [[Peter Galton|Galton]] & [[James A. Jensen|Jensen]], [[1979 in paleontology|1979]]
| type_species = {{extinct}}'''''Torvosaurus tanneri'''''
| type_species_authority = Galton & Jensen, 1979
| subdivision_ranks = Other species
| subdivision = * {{extinct}}'''''T. gurneyi''''' <br /><small>Hendrickx & Mateus, [[2014 in paleontology|2014]]</small>
| synonyms = *''[[Ceratosaurus]] ingens''? <br /><small>[[Werner Janensch|Janensch]], [[1920 in paleontology|1920]] (in part)</small>
*''[[Megalosaurus]] ingens''? <br /><small>Janensch, 1920 (in part)</small>
* ''Edmarka rex'' <br /><small>[[Robert Bakker|Bakker]] ''et al.'', [[1992 in paleontology|1992]]</small>
* "Brontoraptor" <br /><small>Siegwarth ''et al.'', [[1996 in paleontology|1996]] (''[[nomen nudum]]'')</small>
}}

'''''Torvosaurus''''' ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|t|ɔːr|v|oʊ|ˈ|s|ɔːr|ə|s}}) is a [[genus]] of large [[Megalosaurinae|megalosaurine]] [[Theropoda|theropod]] [[dinosaur]] that lived approximately 165 to 148 [[million years ago]] during the  [[Callovian]] to [[Tithonian]] ages of the late [[Middle Jurassic|Middle]] and [[Late Jurassic]] period in what is now [[Colorado]], [[Portugal]], [[Germany]], and possibly [[England]], [[Spain]], [[Tanzania]], and [[Uruguay]]. It contains two currently recognized [[species]], '''''Torvosaurus tanneri''''' and '''''Torvosaurus gurneyi''''', plus a third unnamed species from Germany.<ref name=":1" />

In 1979, the [[type species]] ''Torvosaurus tanneri'' was named. Measuring around {{Convert|9|m|ft|sp=us}} long and weighing approximately {{convert|2|-|2.4|MT|ST}}, ''T. tanneri'' was among the largest terrestrial [[carnivore]]s in North America during the Late Jurassic. Specimens of ''Torvosaurus gurneyi'' were measured up to {{convert|10|m|ft|sp=us}} in length and {{convert|4|-|5|MT|ST}} in body mass,<ref name="gurneyi">{{Cite journal|last1=Hendrickx|first1=C.|last2=Mateus|first2=O.|year=2014|editor-last=Evans|editor-first=Alistair Robert|title=''Torvosaurus gurneyi'' n. sp., the Largest Terrestrial Predator from Europe, and a Proposed Terminology of the Maxilla Anatomy in Nonavian Theropods|journal=PLOS ONE|volume=9|issue=3|pages=e88905|bibcode=2014PLoSO...988905H|doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0088905|pmc=3943790|pmid=24598585|doi-access=free}}</ref> suggesting that it was much larger  than ''T. tanneri'' and was the largest terrestrial carnivore in Europe during the Late Jurassic. Based on bone morphology, ''Torvosaurus'' is thought to have had very powerful short arms.