Europe’s biggest dinosaur remains found

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Fossil bones from a dinosaur believed by scientists to be the largest predator to ever roam Europe have been discovered.

The bones were found on a cliff at Praia da Vermelha just north of Lisbon.

The official name of the dinosaur is Torvosaurus gurneyi, and it is believed to have been 10 metres tall and weigh around 4-5 tonnes.

The T. gurneyi is believed to have lived around 150 million years ago, 80 million years before the T. rex.

An impressive feature of this predator is its teeth which are shaped like blades and are more than 10cm long!

Article written by D Mulhern

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Shem Banbury - Kiwi Kids News Editor

Shem Banbury is the Editor of Kiwi Kids News and is the Deputy Principal at Mount Maunganui Intermediate. In his spare time, he likes to train and compete in triathlons, play cricket and spend time with his family.

7 Responses

Kat says:

March 11, 2014 at 12:13 pm

I think its cool to finally have found a really old dinosaur 🙂
greendale says:

March 11, 2014 at 1:39 pm

That was a cool dinosaur.
vasilis says:

March 11, 2014 at 3:50 pm

that’s so cool
OF COURS A KIWI ON *KIWI* KIDS NEWS says:

March 11, 2014 at 6:30 pm

I want to be a scientist to observe fossils especially dinosaur bones.

;@
Caitlyn says:

March 12, 2014 at 1:38 pm

That must be cool to find Dino bones
sk016 says:

March 12, 2014 at 4:33 pm

I am really interested in old things like dinosaurs. Finally we have got some news about them. Man this is the right article for me!
sunnybrae says:

March 12, 2014 at 8:44 pm

awesome