What is Edmarka Rex?

I have done some reaserch for a while now on this animal and all I get is that Edmarka is just a torvosaur. Yet, I see in the forums every now and again, Edmarka coming up. Now I ask my question again, What is Edmarka? Is he a sub-species or an actual Torvosaur? If anyone has good links to information, it would really help.
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I only just learned this but I think it is a megalosaurid from the jurrassic.

If I'm not mistaken, it was a large Torvosaur. Nothing more, nothing less.
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It was almost certainly a Torvosaurus. A large one(10-11 meters long), but a Torvosaurus nonetheless.

I agree with Mystique and Rex Fan 684, pretty sure it was just a large Torvosaurus
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SCIENCEDEGREE605 - From what I've been able to uncover as I've looked into this animal, it seems that there's a great deal of ambiguity with regards to it. According to most, the Edmarka is very likely a larger-than-average Torvosaurus. That being said, I believe (and this is simply an opinion I've formed based on three dissertations I've reviewed) there isn't yet enough information to make a solid hypothesis. Regardless, thank you ever so much for bringing this thought-provoking topic to us! :)

Edmarka is a neat creature, really.
Discovered in the early 90's by none other then Robert Bakker, Edmarka Rex was considered a giant from the get-go.
The problem with it though?
It's not too well known, and it's been disputed if this thing was just a large individual of Torvosaurus Tanneri or not.
However,Paleontologists working on indentiying the creature notedseveral features distinguishing it rom T. Tanneri; They distinguished their new species from Torvosaurus tanneri by features of the jugal bone, which shows both primitive and derived features. The scapula-coracoid, ribs, and pubis were also described.
Bakker et al. were impressed with the size of Edmarka, noting that it "would rival T. rex in total length," and viewing this approximate size as "a natural ceiling for dinosaurian meat-eaters." Megalosaurs are very heavily built creatures. one "rivaling Tyrannosaurus in length' would be a very sizeable creature.Scaling up a 9 meter T. Tanneri to ~12 meters yields roughly 6.67 tons in weight - on par with the average Tyrannosaurus individual.
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