Torvosaurus vs a Feathered Theropod

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Sorry I have not posted in a few days. 

Today's new drawing is of a Jurassic dinosaur called Torvosurus.

The Torvosaurus is facing off with a smaller, but still large Theropod that has feathers.

Torvosaurus vs Feathered Theropod

Torvosaurus was a large predator of the Late Jurassic Period.  It lived around 165 = 148 million years ago.  Around 100 million years ago Yutyrannus was a smaller but feathered Theropod and it lived in the Early to Mid Cretaceous Period.  I imagined a smaller ancestor to Yutyrannus facing off against the Allosaur-like Torvosaurus.

Torvosaurus was perhaps a type of Allosaur, but it was far more robust than Allosaurus.  So its bones were thicker.  It had a much larger skull.  I have a paleontologist friend who is working on a dig of a Torvosaurus and the Torvosaurus they are excavating has a head almost as large as a T. rex. 

Torvosaurus had a mass of up to 4500 kg. or a weight of almost 10,000 lbs.  It was 10 meters or about 33 feet long.  The new find might be even bigger than that.  Torvosaurus may well have been the apex or top predator of the Late Jurassic. 

Yutyrannus was an Early Tyrannosaur that was found in China.  It was around 9 meters or 30 feet long.  It was clearly covered in feathers.  Coelurosaurs were the dinosaurs that produced feathers and the first birds.  This includes T. rex and Yutyrannus.  Allosaurs like Torvosaurus did not belong to this group.  Torvosaurus was a Carnosaur and most likely did NOT have feathers.  

Again, this is a drawing of a supposed ancestor of Yutyrannus so it is smaller than a Yutyrannus.  Since Yutyrannus lived 100 million years ago then this drawing is set at around 148 million years ago. 

NOTE:  This drawing is found, in printable form, by clicking on the button labeled "Paleontology" and then scrolling down to the end of the Mesozoic section of that page.  This will give you a better page to print.