Torvosaurus
Torvosaurus was one of the biggest meat-eating dinosaurs of the Jurassic Period. It had a huge head, sharp teeth, and short but powerful arms. This dinosaur lived in North America, Europe, and maybe even Africa and South America.21
E phetse neng?
E ne e le kgolo hakae?
E ne e le telele hakae?
E ne e phahame hakae?
E ne e le boima hakae?
telele jwaloka dikoloi tse 2 tse pakilweng ka mola๐telele jwaloka dibanana tse 56 di behilwe ka mola
e batla e le boima jwaloka tlou๐boima jwaloka mahapu a 1000๐boima jwaloka ditlelase tse feletseng tse 6 tsa bana ba sekolo๐ปโโ๏ธboima jwaloka dibere tse tshweu tse 11๐e ne e ka matha dimitara tse 100 ka metsotswana e 13 (motho ya lebelo ka ho fetisisa o hloka 9,6)Torvosaurus e ne e le kgolo hakae ha e bapiswa le WENA?
Ke dipalo feela ho browser ya hao. Ha ho letho le bolokwang kapa le romelwang kae kapa kae.
E ne e le lebelo hakae?
Dintlha tse monate
Torvosaurus had very short arms compared to its body, but they were very strong.1
In 2013, scientists found fossilized eggs and embryos of Torvosaurus in Portugal. These are the oldest known dinosaur embryos.1
The first Torvosaurus fossil was a giant thumb claw found in Colorado in 1971.1
Some scientists think that fossils from Tanzania and Uruguay might also belong to Torvosaurus, but others are not sure.12
Torvosaurus gurneyi was named after James Gurney, the author of the Dinotopia books.1

Dipotso tse botswang haholo ka Torvosaurus
?How big was Torvosaurus?
Torvosaurus tanneri was about 9 meters (30 feet) long and weighed 2 to 2.4 metric tons. Torvosaurus gurneyi was up to 10 meters (33 feet) long and weighed 4 to 5 metric tons.12
?Was Torvosaurus bigger than T. rex?
No, Torvosaurus was smaller than T. rex. T. rex was about 12 meters long and weighed over 8 tons, while Torvosaurus was at most 10 meters long and 5 tons.1
?What did Torvosaurus eat?
Torvosaurus was a carnivore, meaning it ate meat. It likely hunted other dinosaurs and scavenged dead animals.2
?When did Torvosaurus live?
Torvosaurus lived during the Late Jurassic Period, about 165 to 146 million years ago.12
?Where was Torvosaurus found?
Torvosaurus fossils have been found in North America (USA), Europe (Portugal, Germany), and possibly Africa (Tanzania) and South America (Uruguay).12
?Did Torvosaurus have feathers?
Scientists are not sure. No feathers have been found with Torvosaurus fossils, but some related dinosaurs may have had simple feathers. It is unknown.1
?How fast could Torvosaurus run?
Nobody knows for sure. Based on its size and leg bones, it was probably not very fast, maybe around 20 to 30 km/h (12 to 19 mph), but this is just an estimate.1
?Why did Torvosaurus have short arms?
Torvosaurus had very short but powerful arms. Scientists think they were used for gripping prey or holding food while biting, similar to T. rex.1
Mosenyi wa ditshomo
Tshomo: Some people think Torvosaurus was as big as Tyrannosaurus rex.
Nnete: Torvosaurus was big, but not as big as T. rex. It measured about 9 to 10 meters long, while T. rex could be over 12 meters long.1
Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa didinosaure
- Lebitso la saense
- Torvosaurus
- E rehilwe ke
- Galton and Jensen 19793
- Sehlopha
- Didinosaure tse jang nama
- Lelapa / leloko
- Megalosauridae3
- Tlhophiso
- Theropoda3
- Dilemo tsa mafika
- dilemo tse dimilione tse 165 ho isa ho 143 (Callovian / Tithonian)3
- Dibopeho tsa mafika
- Morrison, Lourinhรฃ, Tendaguru3
- Dinaha
- Amerika, Portugal, Tanzania, Uruguay, Jeremane, Tjhaena3
- Direkoto tsa difosili
- 28 ho The Paleobiology Database3
- E boetse e tsejwa e le
- Edmarka (mabitso a kgale jwale a balwa e le phoofolo e le nngwe)3
- Ho sibollwa
- Torvosaurus was named in 1979 by Peter Galton and James Jensen. The first fossils were found in Colorado, USA, in the 1970s.12
- E sa ntse e phehwa kgang
- Scientists are not sure if some fossils from Tanzania, Uruguay, Spain, and England really belong to Torvosaurus or to other dinosaurs.12
Moo dintlha di tswang teng
- Torvosaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
- Torvosaurus | Natural History Museum (nhm.ac.uk)
- Torvosaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): dilemo, dibaka, dibopeho tsa mafika, tlhophiso.
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