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Dino Fact!
Torvosaurus (Savage Lizard) is a megalosaurid from Late Jurassic Europe and North America! At an average size of 9 meters long, with some specimens reaching near 11 meters, it's one of the largest known theropods of the Jurassic- (1/3)
Art by Corbin Rainbolt!
My reconstruction of the French Megalosaurid Dubreuillosaurus; restored here at it's hypothetical adult length of 9m (29-30 ft).
For my dino friends that confuse my magnosaurus for a raptor…
Image 1 various megalosaurid species skulls. Image 2 velociraptor skull.
Ignych is a combination of "Ignite" and the Greek word "Nychos" (Claw).
Nychos is based on Afrovenator, a Megalosaurid theropod that lived in Middle Jurassic period in Africa, hell even its name translates to "African Hunter". It also draws minor inspiration from Dracovenator.
@SepiaPaws Magnosaurus was THE first megalosaurid fossil found and documented in 1923! Despite being found first, we have very little information on magnosaurus itself but based off of its younger cousin megalosaurus we can assume it was a scaled, apex predator. 🤓💖
Day 12 of #DINOCHALLENGE is Torvosaurus, a large megalosaurid from the mid-to-late jurassic. Theres some contention over whether Megalosaurids had yet developed feathers or protofeathers, so i decided to go without on this one (and the next one, Allosaurus) #Dinosaurs #PaleoArt
🦖New theropod paper by Rauhut et al. - "The oldest record of the genus #Torvosaurus (Theropoda: Megalosauridae) from the Callovian Ornatenton Formation of north-western #germany #dinosaurs #theropods #paleontology
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Megalosaurus; the first non-avian dinosaur to be named and the animal that helped to coin Dinosauria. Overall it was your typical Megalosaurid; a long body, strong stout legs, and a large rectangular skull filled with large, knife-like teeth.
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A portrait of Wiehenvenator albati, a large megalosaurid from the Middle Jurassic of Germany, to start the New Year. I am still on vacation until next week though 😊 #paleoart #sciart #dinosaurs
Day 7: Megalosauridae: Wiehenvenator. #Dinovember #DrawDinovember #paleoart
Day 11 ~ Wiehenvenator albati was informally known as 'Das Monster von Minden' (the Minden Monster) before it was described in 2016 as part of Megalosauridae. It is considered the sister taxon to Torvosaurus #dinovember #drawdinovember