March 6, 2014
Meet Torvosaurus gurneyi
James Gurney is one of my favorite artists. He came to my attention with his Dinotopia series and his blog is a daily read for me. It seems that other people also noticed Dinotopia. From James' post:Torvosaurus gurneyiVery cool - I was fascinated by the Dintopia books when they first came out. Still have them. Gorgeous work and a strong science background. Posted by DaveH at March 6, 2014 11:39 AM
Today a new dinosaur is being introduced to the world, and I'm thrilled and honored that that the paleontologists decided to name it after me. It's called Torvosaurus gurneyi.
The dinosaur, which was discovered in Portugal, is one of the largest carnivorous dinosaurs from the Jurassic and the largest land-predator discovered in Europe.
Lead author Christophe Hendrickx of the Universidade Nova de Lisboa and Museu of Lourinh� says, �With a skull of 115 cm, Torvosaurus gurneyi was...an active predator that hunted other large dinosaurs, as evidenced by blade shape teeth up to 10 cm.�
Mr. Hendrickx says he chose the name because of a childhood fascination with the book that I wrote and illustrated called Dinotopia: A Land Apart from Time.
When I introduced Dinotopia more than 22 years ago, I received many letters from young children who said they wanted to become artists or paleontologists. It gives me great pleasure to hear from some of them all these years later and to find out that they're doing for a living what they dreamed about as kids.
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