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HI IM ALEX FARNHAM AND THIS IS ANIMALIST NEWS! SO A NEW DINOSAUR HAS BEEN DISCOVERED IN PORTUGAL,
AND IT MAY BE THE LARGEST LAND PREDATOR EVER DISCOVERED IN EUROPE.
TORVOSAURUS GURNEYI, WHICH COULD REACH 10 METERS LONG, AND WEIGH ABOUT 4-5 TONS, HAD
LARGE BLADE SHAPED TEETH, WHICH SUGGESTS THAT IT WAS AT THE TOP OF THE FOOD CHAIN IN IT’S
REGION ROUGHLY 150 MILLION YEARS AGO. WHEN FIRST DISCOVERING THE BONES OF THIS DINOSAUR,
SCIENTISTS THOUGHT IT WAS A SPECIES FROM NORTH AMERICA KNOWN AS TORVOSAURUS TANNERI. AFTER
A CLOSER COMPARISON, THEY REALIZED THAT THEIR MOUTH BONES HAVE A DIFFERENT STRUCTURE, AND
THAT THE SPECIES HAD LESS THAN 11 TEETH, WHILE ITS RELATIVE HAD MORE.
NOW THIS ISN’T THE LARGEST PREDATORY DINOSAUR EVER DISCOVERED.
THERE WERE MUCH LARGER SPECIES INCLUDING TYRANNOSAURUS, GIGANOTOSAURUS, AND SPINOSAURUS. HOWEVER,
T. GURNEYI WAS ONE OF THE LARGEST LAND CARNIVORES OF ITS TIME, AND WAS DEFINITELY A FIERCE PREDATOR
NOT TO BE MESSED WITH.
SO WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE PREDATORY DINOSAUR? HOW ABOUT YOUR FAVORITE DINOSAUR OVERALL?
LET US KNOW IN THE COMMENTS BELOW. BE SURE TO CHECK OUT THESE VIDEOS HERE, SUBSCRIBE
UP HERE, AND I’LL SEE YOU HAIRY MAMMALS LATER.