Dinosaurs · Large theropod

Torvosaurus

Say it TOR-voh-SORE-us. The name means ‘savage lizard’.

Torvosaurus beside a person 1.75 m tall. Ticks mark every metre.Body shape drawn for this site, showing the general build of large theropods

Length: 10 m
Diet: Meat-eater
When: Late Jurassic165 to 148 million years ago
Fossils found in: Germany, Portugal, USA
Named by: Galton and Jensen (1979)
Family tree: Dinosauria › Saurischia › Theropoda › Megalosauridae › Megalosaurinae

Where Torvosaurus sits in the age of dinosaurs.Periods from the ICS chart; dinosaur dates from the Natural History Museum

Large theropods. Big two-legged meat-eaters, such as Tyrannosaurus. See all 63

Lived at the same time

Barosaurus · same country
Camptosaurus · same country
Coelurus · same country
Dryosaurus · same country
Gargoyleosaurus · same country
Haplocanthosaurus · same country
Hesperosaurus · same country
Marshosaurus · same country

Other large theropods

Eustreptospondylus Mid Jurassic
Megalosaurus Mid Jurassic
Piatnitzkysaurus Late Jurassic
Dubreuillosaurus Late Jurassic
Poekilopleuron Mid Jurassic
Sinraptor Mid Jurassic
Cryolophosaurus Early Jurassic
Yangchuanosaurus Late Jurassic

Source: Torvosaurus in the Natural History Museum Dino Directory, read 12 November 2026. Sizes are the museum's estimates for a typical adult. "Lived at the same time" lists dinosaurs whose dates overlap, which does not always mean they met.